Sarah has considered what she would do if a mass shooter entered the high school where she teaches. The Career and Technical Education teacher, whose name has been changed for privacy, says she would barricade her classroom door, turn off the lights, and instruct her students to hide. Those are …
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Having teachers and school staff carry concealed handguns is the newest way Republicans are trying to address school shootings while keeping gun lobbyists happy, a move that critics say is unpopular and does not address the root issue: access to guns. In Tennessee, SB 1325 allows faculty or staff at …
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The mother of the 15-year-old who killed four students at a Michigan high school in 2021 was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a landmark ruling on Tuesday, Feb. 6. A jury unanimously convicted Jennifer Crumbley of all four counts against her, one for each of the four people her …
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A day after a gunman killed a sixth grade student and wounded five other people at Perry High School northwest of Des Moines, Donald Trump returned to the state at a campaign event and told residents that they “have to get over it.” During his speech at Sioux Center, Iowa, …
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Rosanne Cash, Jason Isbell, Sheryl Crow, and Margo Price were just some members of the Nashville music community calling out Tennessee politicians over the state’s gun laws following a mass shooting at a private Christian school on Monday morning that left seven dead, including the shooter. One of the more …
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The mayor of Newport News, Virginia where, a day earlier, a six-year-old elementary student brought a gun to school and intentionally shot his teacher, called the incident a “red flag for the country” during a press conference Saturday. Mayor Phillip Jones told reporters that the teacher — a woman in …
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Another school shooting rattles the country. On Tuesday, police revealed new details about the horrific school shooting that took place on Monday in St. Louis, Missouri, naming the two deceased victims and suspect. The suspect — who was killed by cops after being confronted inside Central Visual and Performing Arts …
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Texas public schools are set to begin providing parents with DNA and fingerprinting kits to aid in identifying their children in the event of an “emergency.” The program, which was set in motion following the 2013 Santa Fe High School shooting, is coming into implementation less than a year after …
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Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday signed into law a bill that cuts the number of training hours that teachers, principals, and other school staff must complete in order to carry guns from about 700 hours to a mere 24. Under the new legislation, school personnel will only have …
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