Tennessee lawmakers join movement allowing some teachers to take guns into schools

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FILE - A roadside memorial is stands near the Covenant School on the one-year anniversary of a mass shooting, March 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. On Tuesday, April 23, the Republican-led Legislature in Tennessee gave final approval to legislation that would allow some public school teachers to carry concealed guns into the classroom, a year after the deadly school shooting in the state's capital city stirred impassioned debate about the best ways to curb such violence. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)