Washington. Congressmen in the local parliament of Tenesi approved a bill on Tuesday that allows teachers, principals and school staff to carry concealed weapons, a year after a fatal shooting at a school in this state.
The measure was approved by the state House of Representatives. At the beginning of April it passed in the Senate and is now pending the signature of Governor Bill Lee, who declares himself “open” to the idea of carrying weapons and apparently has never vetoed a bill.
The regulations establish requirements for school employees to be able to carry firearms, such as having received 40 hours of “basic training in school police” and as many hours of training per year.
The measure was approved a little more than a year after a man opened fire at a Nashville elementary school, leaving three children and three staff members dead, before being shot dead by police.
Following the shooting, Tennessee’s Republican-led House of Representatives expelled two African-American congressmen after they stormed a session to demand stricter gun controls.
Fatal shootings are common in the country, where there are 400 million firearms in circulation. In 2020, 45,000 citizens died from gunshot wounds, whether due to suicide, accident or homicide, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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– 2024-05-01 17:11:27
