Concealed carry now allowed for approved Tennessee school staff
By: Jon Styf
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Tennessee school staff are now eligible to concealed carry firearms at school if they have met the criteria and gained proper approval.
The law went into effect after it was signed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. Several school districts have already said they will not take part in the concealed carry option, which requires the approval of the school principal, superintendent and local law enforcement department.
The law allows for teachers, administrators and other staff to be approved for concealed carry if they meet a variety of criteria, including 40 hours of training in school policing at their own expense.
The identity of those employees who are approved for open carry will remain confidential except for three approving individuals.
Those seeking approval need to complete another background check and finger-printing process, have a concealed carry permit, complete a psychological evaluation and have completed the 40 hours of training including hands-on training.
House sponsor Ryan Williams, R-Cookeville, noted a law has allowed distressed counties to do something similar to this for the past seven years and individuals on higher education campuses to carry concealed firearms with an enhanced carry permit without the dean or president of the school being made aware.
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This is a start in protecting the children.
I am thankful my home state of Arizona is a open carry state that does not require permits to carry open or concealed. We do not have the problems other states seem to have. The only glaring exceptions have been the Gabriel Gifford shooting in Tucson and a mosque shooting in Phoenix. Both those occurred in large metropolitan areas over a lengthy period of time.
This will lead to the increased likelihood of children getting injured or killed.
A huge responsibility. If the training is serious and weeds out those who can’t handle said responsibility. I’m all for it. That said, I had plenty of teachers who I would have trusted with such responsibility and few who I wouldn’t. Of course, the older I get, the more learn how many of my teachers were Vets.
Back then people didn’t advertise it. Wasn’t “cool” to be a Vet back then. I’m very happy that trend is no longer with us. At least not as bad as it was in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.