In a 68-28 vote, Tennessee House Republicans approved a bill that would permit certain teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on public school premises. The bill also includes provisions to keep the identities of armed personnel confidential from parents and other teachers. The legislation now awaits consideration by Republican Gov. Bill Lee.
If signed into law, this measure would mark the most significant expansion of gun access in the state since a tragic shooting incident at a private elementary school in Nashville last year.
