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Gun safety advocates say there is no evidence showing that arming teachers will make schools safer, reports Kelly Rissman

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis woman has been charged after her son was accused of firing shots at two people while on school grounds. Deborah Rawls, 35, is facing several charges, including two counts of attempted first-degree murder, reckless endangerment, and carrying a weapon on school property. According to court documents, Memphis Police responded to […]

According to the bill, Tennessee teachers would need to undergo special training to carry guns in schools. The House has not yet advanced the bill.

Tennessee has passed a law allowing teachers to carry guns in schools – despite fierce opposition from families affected by a mass shooting in Nashville that killed three children.

In a 26-5 vote, the Tennessee Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would allow faculty or staff members of a school to carry a concealed handgun on school grounds under certain conditions.

The Tennessee House has yet to act on legislation that would allow some teachers to go armed in school classrooms.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (DC News Now) – Several top leaders at the Jefferson-Houston Pre-K – 8 IB School are now on administrative leave, Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) leaders confirm. The move comes just five days after a DC News Now report revealed a 4-year-old student with special needs wandered several blocks off school grounds during […]

We’ve seen over and over people who flee from police and think it’s a game of tag on the school grounds. It’s a weird phenomena which involves them reaching their house and expecting that gives them immunity from the cops, like touching home base so the person who’s it can’t tag them. Watch cops chase own a 14-year-old carjacking suspect. This weirdness played out yet again in Arkansas when the driver of a Chevy Silverado with expired plates decided he didn&#x2...

Republican lawmakers in Tennessee cleared a significant hurdle Tuesday on a proposal to allow some trained teachers and faculty who haven’t worked in law enforcement to carry handguns on school grounds, a move that would mark one of the state’s biggest expansions of gun access since a deadly elementary school shooting last year. Many were eventually ordered to leave the Senate galleries after ignoring warnings to remain quiet. After receiving a 26-5 Senate vote, the proposal is n...

Chester County Sheriff deputies say a 14-year-old student's bullet revelation led to two charges Thursday.