Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Brentwood, listens to other lawmakers speak in the House chamber during a legislative session Thursday, April 11, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
FILE - The Tennessee Capitol is seen, Jan. 8, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Republican lawmakers in Tennessee advanced a proposal Tuesday, April 9, 2024, to allow some teachers to carry handguns on public school grounds, a move that would mark one of the state’s biggest expansions of gun access since a deadly shooting at a private elementary school last year. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)