So we’re all on the same page, in response to a school shooting that left three TODDLERS and three caregivers dead, the TN Legislature responds, A YEAR LATER, with:
- arming teachers without parental permission despite it being WILDLY unpopular
- give gun manufacturers tax breaks…
Wednesday, a 17-year-old brought a gun on Bowie High School’s campus and shot a student six times, killing him.
In a country that glorifies guns, and leaders who are bought and paid for by the gun lobby, kids will continue to be victims of a system that profits off of pain and…
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!
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TODAY: Students, parents, and organizers protesting the
#TNLeg
decision in
#Nashville
to arm teachers and let them bring guns to classrooms. Putting guns in schools will have DEADLY consequences. GUNS HAVE NO PLACE IN SCHOOLS.
Sooooooo Texas cops feel ok moving in quickly with peaceful protestors, but are too scared to do anything when children were shot in their classrooms in Uvalde... Seems like they're more interested in asserting power, not keeping kids safe.
In just one week:
Banning TikTok to 'protect kids,' yet putting guns in schools.
Funding war while criminalizing homelessness.
Courts dictating our bodies, stifling our right to protest.
This is what happens when greed trumps lives.
Judges and politicians do not belong in the emergency room, calling the shots on OUR bodies and OUR LIVES.
We continue to fight for democracy in a country where the courts have bought their seats with boundless power and sold our freedom to choose. SCOTUS does NOT speak for us.
Teachers don’t want to be armed, and students sure as hell don’t want guns in our schools. Teachers should be focused on teaching and caring for kids. Guns have no place in school.
About a year after the shooting at The Covenant School in
#Nashville
, the Tennessee Legislature passed a law to arm teachers. It goes to Governor Bill Lee now for his signature. Make no mistake: Bringing guns into schools will have DEADLY consequences.
Tennessee Republicans just cut off debate and passed a bill to arm teachers in our schools.
The public chanted “Blood on your hands!” as the Speaker ordered troopers to clear the gallery.
This is what fascism looks like.