Amid a rise in gun threats, firearm-detecting dogs become ‘popular’ safety measure that also has emotional benefits
As the new school year got under way in Tennessee, students in the Wilson county school district near Nashville welcomed two new school employees, Zander and Zena.
But they are not assistants or janitors, they are black labrador dogs on a serious mission – to protect the school community from gun violence and mass shootings in a country awash in firearms carried by the public.