Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Reporter Sam Stockard – June 9, 2023 The Aug. 21 special session to react to shooting deaths at The Covenant School is pressing closer, but some lawmakers are quietly making plans for 2024 to arm school teachers. Extreme risk protection orders aren’t being given much chance to pass later this…
Published by the The Tennessean, Reporters Kimberlee Kruesi and Jonathan Mattise – June 2, 2023 Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration accused the National Rifle Association of wanting to use involuntary commitment laws “to round up mentally ill people and deprive them of other liberties,” according to documents drafted by the Republican’s staffers as part of…
Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Reporter Sam Stockard – June 1, 2023 The governor’s proposal enabling law enforcement to confiscate weapons from unstable people is likely to go down in flames during a special session. Tennessee’s House and Senate speakers forecast a harsh reception for Gov. Bill Lee’s plan Wednesday in an interview with reporters….
Published by Rolling Stone, Commentator Representative Justin Pearson – May 17, 2023 Mary Joyce’s daughter witnessed the unspeakable. “The day after the children were murdered at the school, grief therapists passed out ‘Feelings Cards‘ with faces on them to help the children identify what they were feeling,” she recalled. “My nine-year-old daughter, Monroe, who saw…
Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Commentator Dr. Katrina Green Mass shootings have become such a frequent occurrence in the U.S. that many of us have become numb to seeing news about them almost daily. But when one occurs in your town and affects people you know, it hits you differently. The shooting at the Covenant…
Published by Chalkbeat Tennessee: Reporter Marta W. Aldrich – May 8, 2023 Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Monday that he will call the legislature back Aug. 21 for a special session to address firearms and public safety concerns following a deadly school shooting in Nashville this spring. “There is broad agreement that action is needed,”…
Published by the AP News: Reporter Jonathan Mattise – May 15, 2023 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on additional protections for gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers and sellers against lawsuits within a bill that lawmakers passed after a deadly school shooting in March. The Republican governor quietly signed the legislation Thursday….