The Tennessee Senate passed legislation Tuesday which would allow teachers with concealed carry permits to undergo more training then carry guns on their K-12 campuses for classroom defense.
Democrats in Colorado’s Senate passed legislation barring licensed concealed carry permit holders from being armed for self-defense in five new places on Wednesday.
Gun control activists are urging the Utah governor to reject a bill to fund training for teachers who want to be armed for classroom defense.
A bill incentivizing concealed carry for teachers to assist with classroom defense passed the Utah legislation and is headed to Gov. Spencer Cox’s (R) desk.
The purported journal pages of the transgender shooter who attacked a Nashville school show she checked for security before attacking.
The Texas House passed a bill last week that would pay an extra $25,000 to K-12 teachers who get training and carry a gun during school hours for classroom defense.
While various leftists continue to fight against allowing teachers to be armed for classroom defense, John R. Lott, Jr. reports there has never been a shooting during a school day in a school where teachers are armed.
Republicans on the Tennessee House Education Administration Committee voted Wednesday to advance legislation allowing armed teachers for classroom defense in response to the March 27 shooting at a Christian school.
Breitbart News spoke with Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) over the weekend about the Nashville Christian school shooting and he stressed his conviction that it is time to allow teachers and staff to be armed and to make sure would-be attackers know the teachers and staff are ready to shoot back.
Gov. Jim Justice (R) says he will sign campus carry legislation within “a matter of seconds” of it reaching his desk, noting that an armed student may be able to stop a campus attacker in West Virginia.
The West Virginia House of Delegates passed campus carry legislation by a margin of 84-13, sending the legislation to Gov. Jim Justice’s (R) desk to be signed.
A staff member at Georgia’s Oconee County Primary School was fired after she accidentally left her purse in a school restroom overnight and a firearm was discovered in it.
Iowa’s Spirit Lake Community School Board voted unanimously during a special meeting Monday to arm staff for classroom defense.
Parkland father Fred Guttenberg, an outspoken gun control proponent, claims Madison County, North Carolina’s, plan to have AR-15s for classroom defense is “absolute insanity.”
Houston Independent School District approved over $2 million in funding for rifles, ballistic shields, ammunition, and communication devices for school resource officers throughout the district.
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey announced this week that officers in county schools will carry long guns and will be prepared to “meet violence with violence” and win the day.
North Carolina’s Madison County School District has put an AR-15 in a safe in every school in the county so the guns can be accessed for classroom defense in case of attack.
The Mississippi Board of Education voted last week to remove a 30-year-old policy barring school teachers and staff from being armed for classroom defense on K-12 campuses.
Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed legislation Monday to allow school staff and teachers to be armed for classroom defense.
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) spoke exclusively to Breitbart News Sunday about legislation he is putting forward this week to get funds in the hands of local school districts to enable them to make decisions regarding school safety.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is pushing to allow military vets and ROTC instructors to carry guns on school campuses for classroom defense.
Michigan State Sen. Rosemary Bayer (D) says the Republican idea of allowing teachers to have guns for classroom defense is “insane.”
Democrats and their surrogates in Mike Bloomberg-affiliated groups united Wednesday in calls for gun control barely 24-hours after Michigan’s Oxford High shooting.
Oklahoma State Sen. David Bullard (R-Durant) and State Rep. Sean Roberts (R-Hominy) are pushing legislation to streamline arming teachers for classroom defense.
Surveillance video from Portland, Oregon’s Parkrose High School shows coach Keanon Lowe disarm a student who brought a shotgun to school.
Some teachers in the state of Florida are allowed to carry concealed handguns throughout their day beginning October 1, 2019.
Firearm laws in Texas changed September 1, 2019, to benefit law-abiding citizens using guns for self-defense.
The Florida House voted Tuesday in support of legislation allowing districts to arm teachers, thereby sending the bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) desk.
North Carolina Sens. Jerry Tillman (R), Ralph Hise (R), and Warren Daniel (R), are pushing legislation to implement salary increases for teachers who undergo the training necessary to be armed on campus.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is fighting to ensure federal money cannot be used to arm teachers for self-defense or train armed teachers for classroom defense.
