The push to enact Second Amendment Sanctuary Cities is largely based on intentional disinformation being spread about Extreme Risk Protection Orders, also known as “red flag laws.” Currently, there is a great deal of confusion about both what a Second Amendment Sanctuary City resolution does and how, if they were to be passed, Extreme Risk Protection Orders would be implemented.
Read moreAccording to data compiled and reported by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, since 2010, 3,215 Tennessee gun permits have been revoked. Over half, 1,932, were revoked in the last two years. Gun permits are revoked for a variety of reasons that can be found in TCA 39-17-1302. Many revocations are due to the permit holder being found
Read moreFor the last decade, the Tennessee legislature has passed legislation to loosen the state’s gun laws. Legislators argue that laws allowing more people to carry guns more places will make our communities safer. But, are they right? GUN LAWS PASSED IN TENNESSEE 2008 “Guns in Bars” law allows any gun permit holder to carry a loaded gun, open or concealed
Read moreWe are not even halfway through December, and there have already been at least 50 shootings across Tennessee, resulting in at least 35 deaths and 34 injuries, according to media reports collected by The Gun Violence Archive. Two of the fatalities were pregnant mothers, one in Memphis and one in Brownsville. In the Brownsville incident, the mother’s 8-year-old little girl
Read moreMore Tennesseans were fatally shot in 2017 than in any previous year on record. If an illness were killing our friends, family, and neighbors at such an alarming rate, we would not hesitate to label it a crisis. And that’s what gun violence is. It’s a public health crisis. We need to address it the same way we would any
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