Gun Reform Falters in Tennessee Legislature Despite Calls for Action
- Post-mass-shooting gun politics in the US are predictable, with Democrats pushing new gun laws and Republicans resisting.
- Pressure to pass gun safety measures has come from students, parents, politicians, and others after a deadly school shooting in Nashville.
- Tennessee's Republican-led Legislature did not take action on a gun-control plan offered by the GOP governor after a deadly school shooting.
- Tennessee Governor Bill Lee plans to call a special session to address gun control after lawmakers failed to consider his proposal to keep firearms away from "dangerous people".
- Republicans in Tennessee did not pass any gun control measures despite protests and calls from students, parents, teachers, and faith leaders.