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Health and physical education teacher Ronald Anderson holds instructions for students when they encounter a firearm during a gun safety lesson at Berclari Elementary School, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – This school year, students in elementary, middle and high schools in some states will get a new lesson on safety: what to do if they find a firearm.

Arkansas, Tennessee and Utah are the first states to enact laws that require public schools to teach children as young as 5 the basics of gun safety and how to properly store guns in the home. Only Utah's law allows students to opt out of the lesson if requested by parents or guardians.

A similar law in Arizona was v

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