Five months ago six people, including three 9-year-olds, were shot to death at a Christian private school 17 miles from the Capitol.
strengthening background checks and 72 percent favoring red-flag laws to prevent violence.
Tennessee is one of the deadliest states for gun violence, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates for gun control and analyzes state measures, and the Covenant School shooting has done little to alter support for gun rights among conservative legislators.Before the shooting, Republican lawmakers were considering bills to lower the age of permitless carry from 21 to 18 and another measure to arm teachers.
were expelled by the state House, prompting national outcry. The two men — Justin Pearson and Justin Jones — were later voted back into their positions.The governor signed the executive order strengthening background checks and called for a measure that would allow authorities to confiscate a person’s guns for up to 180 days if they are considered a mental health risk.
Linda McFadyen-Ketchum, the legislative lead of the gun control advocacy group Moms Demand Action, said that Lee had not done the requisite barnstorming across the state to drum up support for“He would have had to win over a bunch of his party,” she said. “That’s just odd to me that someone could be that politically inept or weak or ineffective. If I weren’t so angry about this, I could feel sorry for him. He would appear to want change but he’s not able to get it.
On Monday, Republican legislators approved a new set of procedural rules that have penalties for lawmakers who are judged to have caused a ruckus — as Republicans said the two Black legislators did earlier this yearand barred protesters from carrying signs inside the Capitol and in hearing rooms. A Davidson County judge temporarily blocked the new rule on signs Wednesday after a complaint from the ACLU.
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