“We’re talking about life and death,” said one parent, “and this legislature has basically done nothing.”| Chalkbeat
“If more guns in more places made us safer, we’d be the safest state on the planet, and we’re not,” said Jason Sparks, a Nashville parent who opposes legislation that would let some teachers carry a concealed handgun.| Chalkbeat
Gov. Bill Lee is proposing sweeping changes to enhance school safety across Tennessee, requiring all K-12 public schools to keep their exterior doors locked, or risk losing escalating amounts of state funding with each violation.| Chalkbeat
An intruder, armed with two automatic-style weapons and a handgun, entered a Nashville school and killed six people. The three guns — along with four| WPLN News
“To my knowledge, this is the first independent school shooting in the state of Tennessee.”| Chalkbeat