Nine States Allow School Employees to Carry Guns. Students and Teachers Worry It Will Do More Harm Than Good.

A school shooting in Tennessee sparked activism-and now frustration. This story was originally published by The 19th. Ibtihal “Ibti” Cheko, 17, thought she would spend the legislative session in Tennessee advocating for laws about how guns should be stored and implementing background checks for those who want to buy them. Instead, Cheko and other organizers with Students Demand Action pivoted to trying their hardest to make sure Senate Bill 1325, which would permit faculty and staff to carry handguns at school, did not pass.

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