Overview

• Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed an executive order to strengthen background checks and reporting requirements on gun purchases in the state.
• Lee urged the state legislature to pass a "red flag" law allowing authorities to temporarily remove guns from those deemed an imminent danger.
• The action comes in the wake of a shooting at a Nashville school that killed six, including close friends of the governor and his wife.
• While gun rights advocates criticized the move, gun control groups applauded Lee for taking action on an issue he had previously been reluctant to address.
• If enacted, the proposed laws would bring Tennessee closer to the mainstream on gun regulations, though the state would still have some of the loosest gun laws in the country.