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Tennessee governor signs bill allowing teachers and staff to be armed on campus

Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri, from the development of Apr 24, 2024

Newest development Apr 27, 2024 · 2 reportsTennessee Governor Signs Bill Allowing Teachers to Conceal Carry

By Amanda Musa and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation Friday allowing teachers and school staff in the state to be armed in school buildings and campuses, according to the General Assembly’s website.

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  1. Tennessee lawmakers pass bill that would let teachers carry guns in schools

    Headline from NBC Chicago ·

  2. Names this update

    Tennessee governor signs bill allowing teachers and staff to be armed on campus

    Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri ·

  3. Newest

    Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Allowing Teachers to Conceal Carry

    Headline from Breitbart News ·

Reports & sources

58 articles, oldest first.

  1. CNN

    Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers, school staff to be armed (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    State legislators in Tennessee passed a bill Tuesday allowing teachers and school staff in the state to be armed.

  2. NBC Los Angeles

    Tennessee lawmakers pass bill that would let teachers carry guns in schools (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    Tennessee Republican lawmakers have passed a bill that would let some teachers and staff carry concealed handguns on public school grounds.

  3. Forbes

    Tennessee Passes Bill Allowing Teachers To Carry Guns (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The bill does not call for parents to be informed if their child’s teacher or a faculty member at their school opts into the concealed carry program.

  4. Los Angeles Times

    Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to allow armed teachers, a year after deadly school shooting (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Tennessee Republicans pass a bill to let some teachers carry concealed handguns at public schools, and to bar parents and other teachers from knowing who is armed.

  5. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Should teachers be armed? Tennessee passes bill that would allow school staff to carry concealed gun (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description

    State legislators in Tennessee passed a bill Tuesday allowing teachers and school staff in the state to be armed.

  6. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Tennessee lawmakers join movement allowing some teachers to take guns into schools (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Some public school teachers in Tennessee could gain new powers to carry concealed guns into the classroom, a year after a deadly school shooting in the state's capital city stirred impassioned debate about the best ways to curb such violence.

  7. CBS News

    Tennessee legislature passes bill allowing teachers to carry concealed guns (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    It comes over a year after a shooting at a Nashville school killed three children and three adults.

  8. Bangor Daily News

    Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to allow armed teachers, a year after deadly Nashville shooting (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Protesters chanted “Blood on your hands” at Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday after they passed a bill that would allow some

  9. Fox News

    Tennessee teachers step closer to carrying firearms in classroom after state lawmakers pass GOP-backed bill (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    House lawmakers in Tennessee overwhelmingly passed a bill to arm teachers in schools, nearly a year after a shooting at a private school left three children and three adults dead.

  10. NewsBusters

    Tennessee Bill Allows Teachers to Possess Concealed Handguns in Class (opens NewsBusters)

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    NewsBusters's feed description

    A year after transgender Audrey Hale entered and shot innocent people at the Covenant Christia

  11. The Guardian

    Tennessee passes bill to allow teachers to carry concealed guns despite protests (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    State’s Republicans passed the bill, which the governor is now expected to sign, despite criticism from teachers and parents

  12. Time

    Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Bill to Allow Armed Teachers (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    Tennessee House Republicans passed a bill that would allow some teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds.

  13. Truthout

    Rejecting Safety Amendments, TN GOP Passes Bill Allowing Handguns for Teachers (opens Truthout)

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    Truthout's feed description

    The legislation doesn’t allow schools or school districts to opt out of the program.

  14. New York Post

    Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow the state's teachers to carry concealed handguns at school, as protesters yelled their opposition from the gallery.

  15. New York Times

    Tennessee Passes Bill to Allow Teachers to Carry Concealed Handguns (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The move came about a year after the state’s deadliest school shooting and was opposed by some of the families whose children survived the attack.

  16. Newsweek

    Protesters disrupt Tennessee Capitol after guns for teachers bill passes (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Teachers, students and parents denounced the passage of a Tennessee bill that would allow teachers to carry concealed handguns.

  17. Deutsche Welle

    Tennessee passes bill to let teachers carry guns at school – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    The move comes a year after three children and three staff were killed in a school shooting in Nashville. The bill will now be sent to Republican Governor Bill Lee for consideration.

  18. Deseret News

    Teachers, parents respond to Tennessee law allowing concealed carry in schools (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill that would allow teachers to carry concealed handguns. Here's what it means and what people are saying about it.

  19. Breitbart News

    Tennessee House in Chaos After Passing Bill Allowing Teachers to Carry Guns (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    The Tennessee House of Representatives was in chaos after lawmakers passed a controversial gun bill, allowing teachers to conceal carry.

  20. Black Enterprise

    Tennessee House Passes Bill Letting Teachers Carry Guns (opens Black Enterprise)

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    Black Enterprise's feed description

    The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill allowing trained teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on school campuses

  21. Blaze Media

    Tennessee teachers may soon carry guns, thanks to lawmakers who ignored desperate, theatrical stunts from activists (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill permitting teachers and staff to carry a concealed weapon under certain conditions, despite angry theatrics from activists.On Tuesday, hundreds of anti-gun radicals ramped up their efforts to stop the gun-rights legislation.

  22. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Tennessee governor signs bills to allow armed teachers nearly a year after deadly Nashville shooting (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Tennessee teachers and staff will be allowed to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds under legislation signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee on Friday.

  23. NBC Chicago

    Tennessee governor plans to sign bill that would let teachers carry guns in schools (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday that he planned to sign a bill state legislators sent to his desk this week that would allow school staff members to...

  24. NBC News

    Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee plans to sign bill that would let teachers carry guns in schools (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday that he planned to sign a bill state legislators sent to his desk this week that would allow school staff members to carry concealed handguns on school grounds.

  25. Fox News

    Tennessee Gov. Lee signs bill allowing concealed carry for public schoolteachers (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed into law a bill allowing teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on school grounds.

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