THREE CHILDREN ALREADY SHOT THIS MONTH, INCLUDING TWO NASHVILLE TODDLERS SHOT THIS WEEK On Monday, a 3-year-old in Antioch shot himself in the foot with an unsecured and loaded gun and overnight, an east Nashville 1-year-old, left unattended, picked up a loaded gun and shot himself with it. Two weeks ago, a 10-year-old in Chattanooga was playing with his parent’s
Read moreEach year, the legislature continues to pass legislation that loosen our already lax gun laws. And we often ending up in court defending them. Many of these laws are opposed by law enforcement, city councils and mayors whose concerns about public safety are ignored. And, as we pass these laws, the number of people being shot in our state continues
Read moreIn the last five days, there have been three separate incidents where a person driving a vehicle shot at another driver. The shootings are not isolated to once city. One occurred in Nashville, another in Memphis, and the most recent in Chattanooga. The Nashville shooting resulted in the death of a 32-year-old man. Friday April 21, 2017 21-year-old charged in
Read more2017 is shaping up to be a long legislative session. A large number of gun bills have been filed this session, many seeking to expand our already lax gun laws. We will be busy tracking these bills, the good and the bad, and invite anyone with legal or legislative experience and in interest in firearm law policy to reach out
Read moreTennessee has a problem with unintentional shootings. Many of these involve children. There is no federal database tracking these incidents and even those that do try to track them by searching news stories and police reports understand that accidental shootings are under reported. Although the term most commonly used to describe these types of shooting is “accidental” we do not
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