The House Republicans' Safe Students Act, originally introduced in 2007, would end the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act.
, to repeal a federal ban on guns in school zones, which would allow local governments and school boards to"unambiguously" set their own gun policies.
The national debate on gun control was reignited recently after a mass shooting at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, which sent shock waves across the country. On March 27,at the Covenant School, including three 9-year-olds. Audrey Hale, 28, was shot and killed by the police after they arrived at the scene.
The Nashville attack is one of the hundreds of school shootings that have occurred over the past few years. The K-12 School Shooting Database, an independent research project, says that 103 school shootings have taken place so far in 2023, while 303 occurred in 2022. GOP Representatives Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz walk to the House Chamber during the third day of elections for speaker on January 5. They are among the 22 House Republicans who are co-sponsors of the Safe Students Act, which would end the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act.Massie's bill, the Safe Students Act, was originally introduced in 2007 by former GOP Representative Ron Paul of Texas.
Families of mass shooting victims and the Biden administration continue to call for stricter gun control measures. But Republicans have said that
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