Parents of the Covenant School are urging the Tennessee legislature to pass two bills. One would keep child autopsies private.
“We can all fill in the blanks of what a high-capacity rifle can do to a small body,” says Mary Joyce. Her 9-year-old daughter lived through the Covenant School attack.
The other bill would require schools to differentiate their fire alarms from their mass shooting alerts. That’s because, during the attack at the Covenant School, 911 calls show at least one teacher stepped into the hallway after hearing alarms go off, thinking it could be a fire drill.
But neither of those bills will pass this week. The Senate has adjourned until Monday.
“Now these lawmakers have the weekend,” says Covenant parent Melissa Alexander.
“Please understand this is not my full time job. I already have a full time job, and I haven’t seen my children. None of us have seen our children this week because of the long hours and early mornings we have spent here at the capital. But then again, some … of our friends, will never, ever see their children again.”
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