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 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 moreSecond incident in Nashville in less than a month Sunday morning, a 2-year-old child as able to pick up a loaded gun from the door pocket of a vehicle and fire it, striking a 12-year-old child in the hip. The shooting victim’s injuries are fortunately not life-threatening. “Storing a loaded gun in the door pocket of your vehicle makes it easy for
Read moreThe accidental shooting of a 3-year-old boy Monday night with his father’s unsecured gun is another example of an alarming Tennessee trend. Accidental shootings of both children and especially adults are up dramatically from the end of August 2015. Although both counts are higher from this time last year, the number of adult-involved accidental shootings is particularly startling. “At the end of last August, we’d
Read moreMonday afternoon, Timea Batts was shot and killed by her father. Although he initially said she’d been shot after getting off the school bus, her father later admitted that he was the one who pulled the trigger. He said he was asleep and was startled by a noise and fired his weapon at her. He has been charged with reckless
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