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The bill’s introduction follows WPLN and ProPublica reporting that found the state’s lax gun laws and enforcement allow firearms to remain in the hands of abusers, some of whom have gone on to shoot and harm or kill their victims.

https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Two Families Sue After 11-Year-Old and 13-Year-Old Students Were Arrested Under Tennessee’s School Threat Law
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The lawsuits, filed in federal court this month, argue East Tennessee school officials violated students’ rights by calling the police on them under Tennessee’s threats of mass violence law.

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https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-law-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

How Many Students Have Been Expelled Under Tennessee’s School Threats Law? There’s No Clear Answer.
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Tennessee gives public agencies wide latitude to refuse to release data. That made it challenging for our reporters to figure out just how many students were affected.

https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threat-law-expulsions-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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The Nashville school shooter previously pulled a knife on another student. He returned to school after a two-day suspension.

“He had a whole knife in school, and he didn’t get expelled,” the victim said. “It just doesn’t sit right with me.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/nashville-school-shooter-previous-threats?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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