Sheneca Cowart faces multiple felony gun charges following the incident at The Academy of McCrory Lane on Thursday.
A Tennessee teacher has been arrested after she allegedly threatened to shoot a colleague in the preschool where she worked, police said.
Sheneca Cowart was charged with assault, threat of mass violence at a school and two counts of carrying a weapon onto school property following the Thursday incident at The Academy of McCrory Lane in Nashville.
Authorities took Cowart into custody after witnesses said she threatened to "retrieve a firearm and made threats against another teacher and the school after an argument," the Metro Nashville Police Department said.
Staff members alleged 29-year-old Cowart threatened to “shoot up” the preschool and that she keeps a gun “on her,” according to NBC News affiliate WSMV.
Another teacher claimed to overhear Cowart say “when I start shooting, you better run,” prompting the preschool to go into lockdown, WSMV reported.
“Arm the teachers” they said…
Arm the teachers to stop pupils. But the pupils need to be armed to stop teachers. Then you need to arm the lunch ladies to bring balance.
And install metal detectors. You can’t enter school unarmed.
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Do NOT fuck with the lunch ladies.
We already had metal detectors in our schools
YEEEE HAAAWWWW!!!
And Republicans want to arm the teachers. Man love living in the land of freedom. /s
Need more bear arms.
It’s a bare arm. Close enough.
“Bear Hands”
Guns can’t be the problem, its most definitely the preschools fault for hiring a nut job. Yes, that’s the problem ban all preschools!
In case you didn't get it
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“when I start shooting, you better run”
That statement alone should have gotten her dragged to the ground and detained.
WHY? It’s her CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to bring a GUN Into a PRESCHOOL and THREATEN to KILL People with it! It’s EXPLICITLY written into the Second Amendment!
Add the “/s” for sarcasm mark, because that’s what actual 2A’s will say.
Cowart was held on a $37,000 bond before being released from jail the same night.
TF, she walked free and presumably is free currently? I guess this behavior is no big deal in TN.
muricaaaaaaaaa!!!1!!
Who let her be employed with a gun kept on her in the first place? The article stated that she kept a gun on her. She works at a preschool! Why do you need a gun to work at a preschool?!?
The gun nuts republicans want to arm teachers with handguns.
It seems extreme, but if a teacher works at a correctional facility, or at a school that is known for having violent gangs, I could understand their concern. I think they should propose bullet proof attire first, though. The threat in those situations is being fired upon by an assailant. Would they really have time to defend themselves in an attack? Maybe it would help in a situation where the school is locked down, teacher and students are already hiding in classrooms, and everyone is bracing themselves for armed entry by an assailant. That allows time to prepare. If some assailant has planned a solitary surprise attack on one particular educator, they probably won’t have time to prepare a defense. They’ll be lucky if the bullet deflects, or if it doesn’t strike any major organs.
I’m basically being downvoted for saying that politicians should encourage bullet proof attire, before passing laws to arm teachers with guns. Forgive me if I’m wrong, but blocking bullets might save more lives than firing one. I’m merely replying to Wildcardology in this comment, though, and not referring to the article, like I did in my previous comment.
You know what would make schools safer? Gun laws.
I don’t want to live in a hellscape where preschool teachers are wearing body armor
It isn’t preschools that some politicians are discussing when they consider arming teachers. They usually talk about high schools because of the school shootings that have happened in the past.
Why do you need a gun to work at a preschool?!?
Some of those three year olds can get feisty before nap time
If someone was dead set on going to prison for a very, very long time this is a really good way to achieve that goal.
That gun belongs on a biscuit.
