April 23 (UPI) — Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday to arm teachers with guns. The bill, which now heads to the governor’s desk, comes one year after a mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school killed six people, including three children.
Tennessee’s House of Representatives approved the measure Tuesday afternoon by a vote of 68 to 28 amid heavy security and loud protests of “blood is on your hands” and “vote them out” in the chamber, after the state Senate approved the bill earlier in this month.
“Tennessee Republicans just cut off debate and passed a bill to arm teachers in our schools,” Democratic Rep. Justin Jones wrote Tuesday in a post on X.
“The public chanted ‘Blood on your hands!’ as the Speaker ordered troopers to clear the gallery. This is what fascism looks like,” the lawmaker said.
