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Teacher disrupts hearing as GOPs advance bill to arm educators with guns in schools

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Teacher disrupts hearing as Republicans vote to allow educators to carry guns in schools

Watch as teachers and other members of the public disrupt a Republican-led hearing in Tenessee, as representatives attempted to pass a bill that would see educators armed with guns in schools.

Tennessee House Republicans vote to advance bill to allow teachers to carry guns in schools a week after a mass shooting in Nashville,” Democrat representative Justin Jones wrote, sharing the video on Twitter.

“This is the reaction from the mothers, teachers, and advocates gathered to oppose this reckless legislation.”

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