After three children and three adults were gunned down in Nashville, Republicans in the Tennessee legislature decided the best course of action was to—expel two Black Democratic members for protesting the lack of urgency to stop school shootings. Now, two Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature have come up with an idea equally unhelpful: a bill to arm teachers in class. What could go wrong?

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