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Governor calls for Tennessee law to keep guns from ‘dangerous people’ after Nashville school shooting

Posted on AllSides April 12th, 2023
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Marta W. Aldrich / Chalkbeat

Gov. Bill Lee called Tuesday for a new Tennessee law to help keep guns out of the hands of people deemed at risk of hurting themselves or others, his first full embrace of a gun reform measure in one of the nation’s most gun-friendly states. 

Lee said that he’s asked legislative leaders to create and pass new “order of protection” legislation that strengthens existing law designed to protect domestic violence victims. He wants the GOP-controlled General Assembly to deliver a broader bill to his desk in the next month, before...

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https://tn.chalkbeat.org/2023/4/11/23679261/tennessee-nashville-school-shooting-covenant-governor-bill-lee-red-flag-law

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