Because "ZOMG! dead kids" is more profitable.
A bill to require public schools in Tennessee to teach children age-appropriate firearms safety concepts as early as pre-kindergarten is headed toward a vote on the House floor, after advancing through a committee Tuesday morning.
If passed, House Bill 2882 would require public schools to provide students with mandatory “age-appropriate and grade-appropriate” training, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.
Live ammunition, live fire, and live firearms would be prohibited.
Required training would include instruction on:
Safe storage of firearms; Safety relating to firearms; How to avoid injury if a student finds a firearm; Never to touch a found firearm; and To immediately notify an adult of the location of a found firearm.
'Age-appropriate' gun safety training bill for students advances in TN (tennessean.com)
This sound logical, right? And you as an observant reader, already figured out that it sounds very similar to the effective Eddie Eagle program. Hey, if we are trying to avoid kids from getting hurt, we do what works even if it tastes like crap, right?
The bill passed the House Education Instruction Committee in a vote of 12-3 on Tuesday morning, primarily on party lines. Rep. Ronnie Glynn, D-Clarksville, who is an U.S. Army veteran, broke with his party and voted for the measure. It has not yet moved in the Senate.
Three Democrats voted against teaching kids to be safe. The reason?
The bill drew sharp criticism from Democrats on the committee, who argued that parents should have the opportunity to opt their children out of the training, and that the training could be insensitive to students who have had past or familial experiences with gun violence. ... Rep. Vincent Dixie, D-Nashville, argued that parents should have the opportunity to opt out their child from the training.
Ignorance will lead to children's deaths and that makes for political opportunities and cash influx under the fake promise of "fixing gun violence."