We 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 moreTennessee has continued the systematic loosening of our already lax firearm laws and based on legislation filed for 2018, that trend will likely continue. Every year, the Tennessee Legislature rejects any effort to strengthen firearm laws and instead, passes legislation to further relax them. The gun lobby maintains that more guns more places for more people will make our communities
Read moreNot even halfway through October and there have already five unintentional shootings in Tennessee, three of them fatal…
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Read moreYesterday in Clarksville, Jordan M. Hazel, 27, shot and killed his wife…
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