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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For nearly a week, families whose lives were upended by a Nashville elementary school shooting took turns sharing dark details to Tennessee lawmakers. Their children thought they were going to die. A teacher told students to race each other, knowing they needed to get some place safe quickly to avoid the […]

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Families upended by school shootings share trauma in push for gun law changes, but get mixed results | 2023-09-19 13:06:12

For nearly a week, families whose lives were upended by a Nashville elementary school shooting took turns sharing dark details to Tennessee lawmakers. Children died after fire alarm evacuation protocols led one class to collide with the shooter in a hallway. The parents who testified spilled their own stories, but also carried the weight of representing and speaking for the six people — including three children — who were killed by a shooter on March 27 inside The Covenant School...

For nearly a week, families affected by a Nashville elementary school shooting took turns sharing dark details to Tennessee lawmakers.

At state capitols, families are retelling tragedies caused by mass school shootings hoping lawmakers in either party will reconsider firearm policies.

Throughout the corridors of many state Capitols, families are sharing emotionally gutting stories of tragedy caused by mass school shootings with the hope that revealing their trauma will convince lawmakers on either side of the political aisle to reconsider firearm policies. Yet states have for years differed widely on how to respond to the spate of mass shootings that plague the U.S. Democratic-led states have largely tightened firearm restrictions, while Republican-led ones have loosened them...

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