Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., on Newmax said she hasn't looked at the Tennessee legislation passed last week that would allow teachers and other school members to carry concealed handguns on school grounds.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn , R-Tenn., on Newmax said she hasn't looked at the Tennessee legislation passed last week that would allow teachers and other school members to carry concealed handguns on school grounds, but that all families want to make certain that children are safe in school."I'm not a member of the Tennessee State Senate," she said. "I haven't seen the bill or that specific legislation.
Tennessee's GOP-controlled Senate voted 26-5 to pass Senate Bill 1325, which allows a teacher or faculty member to possess and carry a handgun or firearm on school grounds. They must have a handgun carry permit, have written authorization from both the school's principal and local law enforcement and undergo 40 hours of handgun training.
The measure, passed one year after the shooting at the Covenant School that killed three 9-year-old children and three adults, is expected to move to the Tennessee House. Blackburn said she's pleased Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee took provisions from her Safe Schools Act last year "and put them in place to make funds available to schools.
"Also there has been a push for SROs in schools, and I had as a part of my safe school acts legislation, the ability for retired law enforcement and retired military to be able to serve as officers and back up these SROs, and be there as security officers in schools, and the idea actually came to us from some retired law enforcement who said, 'You know, we would love to be a security officer at a school where our grandchildren or nieces, nephews, neighbors are in school and add to the...
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