Posted February 26, 2018 1:01 pm by Comments

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

A Colorado school staffer receives individual instruction during FASTER training earlier this year. Photo by Complete Colorado
A Colorado school staffer receives individual instruction during FASTER training earlier this year. Photo by Complete Colorado

Tennessee-(Ammoland.com)- The Tennessee Firearms Association, Tennessee’s “no-compromise” 2nd Amendment advocacy group, announced its support for House Bill 2208 and Senate Bill 2563, which are jointly sponsored by Rep. David Byrd (R-Waynesboro) and Sen. Joey Hensley (R – Hohenwald). These bills would give teachers and school employees additional options for voluntary firearms training – training which Tennessee’s law enforcement has apparently refused to provide.

Rep. Byrd, who is an educator and school administrator, passed legislation a few years ago which would have allowed public school teachers and school employees who wanted to carry a personal firearm on school grounds the ability to do so. That law presently only applies in the two counties that Rep. Byrd represents because the Legislature, under the leadership of Beth Harwell, refused to make it applicable statewide. The existing law authorizes law enforcement officials to train teachers and staff in schools in those two counties. This is an entirely voluntary program and no teacher or school employee is required to participate. However, if they do want to carry a firearm while on school grounds, they have to have …Read the Rest

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