Families connected to a Nashville school that experienced a fatal shooting earlier this year have created nonprofits to not only promote school safety and mental health resources, but also to form an action fund to push legislative policy changes
Noah Neumann, 6, is comforted by his Covenant mother as families engage in a prayer service leading up to a special session of the state legislature before a news conference at the state capitol, Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. The Covenant School in Nashville was subject to a mass shooting which killed three students and three staff on March 27. The first names of children killed in the shooting are displayed on the wardrobe of the mother. NASHVILLE, Tenn.
“We can create brighter tomorrows for our state so no other community has to endure the suffering," Neumann told reporters at a news conference. “And our children can go to school without fear.”Republican-dominant Tennessee will pass meaningful legislation “As a native Tennessean and a gun owner, I think it’s important to emphasize we are proponents of responsible gun ownership,” said Melissa Alexander, a Covenant parent. “However, I think it’s important to intervene when there are clear signs that something is wrong.”
Instead, the Republican supermajority has largely argued for the need to add more security to school buildings, and many have vowed to spike any proposals that would mimic so-called “red flag” laws that other states have passed in the wake of school shootings., which he describes as a"toxic political label."
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