Senate minority leader Akbari, House minority leader Camper and Rep. Love will attend the event — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tennessee will be well represented tomorrow at a White House event where President Joe Biden is expected to announce the creation of a federal office on gun violence prevention. Tennessee Senate minority leader Sen. Raumesh Akbari, D-Memphis, and Rep. Harold Love, D-Nashville, will be in attendance along…

NASHVILLE — Senate minority leader Sen. Raumesh Akbari, D-Memphis, issued a statement marking the first week of Gov. Bill Lee’s special session. Senator Raumesh Akbari: “Republicans in the legislature loosened gun laws for a decade and now they’re ignoring grieving families who are begging for new solutions to protect their kids from gun…

Tennessee Senate recesses with no new gun safety reforms — NASHVILLE — Tennessee Sen. London Lamar, D-Memphis, chairwoman of the Senate Democrats, issued a statement today reacting to the first four days of Gov. Bill Lee’s special session on public safety. “Like many concerned parents, we came to this special session to fight for legislation to protect our children from…

204 people, including 24 children, have died from gunshot wounds since the G.O.P. ended session April 21 — NASHVILLE — Democratic lawmakers will introduce a slate of bills at the Aug. 21 special session to keep families and kids safe from gun violence. After The Covenant School shooting this spring and a summer filled with deadly shootings across the state, Democratic lawmakers say their legislation is focused on…

364 more people suffered gunshot wounds since April 21: TNUnderTheGun.com — NASHVILLE — Pleas for gun safety reform from parents and students erupted in Tennessee after a shooter killed six people, including three 9-year-olds, in a 15-minute assault at The Covenant School on March 27. Thousands of people from all walks of life and across the political spectrum joined together peacefully…

Thousands of illicit firearms now flooding Tennessee, TBI data shows — NASHVILLE — The uptick of gun violence in Tennessee started right around 2010, the same year Republicans won control of the Tennessee General Assembly and passed a law removing the restriction on guns in bars. Then, nearly every year after, Republicans abolished even more gun safety laws, allowing guns in…

Senate minority leader says ‘narrow’ call blocks most gun safety reform — NASHVILLE — Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Raumesh Akbari, D-Memphis, issued a statement Tuesday saying Gov. Bill Lee’s “narrow” proclamation will prevent most gun safety reforms from being debated during the Aug. 21 special session on public safety. Sen. Raumesh Akbari “Whether you’re at church, school or grocery shopping, we all deserve the freedom…

Coalition supporting gun safety policies to hear from families, discuss need for action — NASHVILLE — A coalition of Tennessee lawmakers, gun reform advocates and concerned citizens, who want to address the state’s gun violence epidemic, will be traveling the state in a school bus with a clear message for Tennessee families: Our kids deserve better. With gun violence now ranking as the leading…

New website TNUnderTheGun.com chronicles the epidemic of gun violence in Tennessee ahead of the governor’s special session — NASHVILLE — The mass shooting at The Covenant School that left six people dead, including three 9-year-olds, shocked families throughout Tennessee this spring. But the tragedy at Covenant wasn’t the state’s first — or last — mass murder with a firearm this year. State gun violence statistics, compiled by a…