Gun Control Mob Storms Tennessee Capitol Delaying Action On House Floor

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The Tennessee Conservative [By Jason Vaughn] –

Yesterday, March 30th, activists participating in a gun control rally outside the Tennessee Capitol building spilled onto the House gallery floor delaying action on the day’s business.

The Daily Wire reports that roughly 400 of the 500 protestors rushed into the building to demand stricter gun laws in response to the shooting at The Covenant School earlier this week.

At least six Tennessee state troopers attempted to hold back the angry protestors before they pushed their way in.

According to The New York Post,  A Tennessee nonprofit called AWAKE planned the protest.

The House was forced to go into recess when loud chants in the gallery of “No Action, No Peace” were erupting from the crowd. Democrat Representatives Justin Jones from Nashville and Justin Pearson from Memphis were seen actively urging the protestors on with megaphones.

Sam Stockard from The Tennessee Lookout, who was present in the House yesterday, reports that Representatives Jones and Pearson were joined by Knoxville Democrat Gloria Johnson also armed with a megaphone and joining in leading the protestors in chants such as “Gun Control Now!”

Vivian Jones of Mainstreet Nashville, who was also present during the event, tweeted “Significant confrontation here from Democratic leadership, @brotherjones_ and @Justinjpearson and Leader Karen Camper. House Galleries are now being cleared.”

Charlie Kirk tweeted, “A bunch of high schoolers played hooky from school today (and are probably getting extra credit from their teachers) to stage some sort of insurrection/protest at the Tennessee State Capitol.”

The Center Square reports that in the Senate, which was in session at the same time, Speaker Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, reportedly asked for protesters to be removed, according to WPLN.

The Tennessee Lookout reports that both Republican and Democrat leaders went outside on the House balcony and huddled for more than 30 minutes before emerging. 

When the House Republican Caucus returned, Speaker Cameron Sexton told House members that he understood their “frustrations” but said that how they chose to express it was not “acceptable behavior.”  Republican leaders declined to immediately sanction the Representatives involved for their behavior.

Robby Starbuck tweeted that Representative Justin Jones was a “hardcore left wing activist/organizer arrested for assault at a protest before he was elected. He’s close with far left organizers. You have to wonder if this is a coordinated event. That’s going to need to be investigated but regardless these reps broke the rules and need to face consequences or expulsion.”

In a follow up tweet, Starbuck said, “The rep with the megaphone, Justin Jones, has been arrested many times before for violence. The Democrats elected him anyways this year.” 

The Daily Wire reports that Tennessee Democrats advertised for the event in the days and hours leading up to it, encouraging people to attend and “raise your voice at the capitol to advocate for an end to gun violence and stronger gun laws in TN.”

The protestors left Capitol Hill at roughly noon and the majority had left the building by 1PM.  After which, lawmakers resumed the business of the day.

The news of the event quickly spread overseas.

Dailymail.co.uk described the footage of the “insurrection”.  

Footage of the insurrection shows progressive protesters battling with cops as they attempted to gain access to the legislature in Nashville. Hundreds of people were seen inside the lobby and yelling from the gallery at concerned lawmakers, Dailymail reported.

It appears that the storming of the Tennessee capitol building was not an isolated event as more left-wing state capitol protests occurred hours earlier in Kentucky along with at present unconfirmed reports of similar protest at the capitol in Oklahoma.

As this is a developing story, The Tennessee Conservative will post updates as new information emerges.

About the Author: Jason Vaughn, Media Coordinator for The Tennessee Conservative  ~ Jason previously worked for a legacy publishing company based in Crossville, TN in a variety of roles through his career.  Most recently, he served as Deputy Director for their flagship publication. Prior, he was a freelance journalist writing articles that appeared in the Herald Citizen, the Crossville Chronicle and The Oracle among others.  He graduated from Tennessee Technological University with a Bachelor’s in English-Journalism, with minors in Broadcast Journalism and History.  Contact Jason at news@TennesseeConservativeNews.com

18 thoughts on “Gun Control Mob Storms Tennessee Capitol Delaying Action On House Floor

    • April 1, 2023 at 5:40 am
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      Yes. Democrat leaders should be sanctioned. This is not how business is conducted. For all their cries over Jan 6, they should be treated the same. If they broke rules and incited the break in then they are criminals.

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  • March 31, 2023 at 4:51 pm
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    Another Insurrection! Or Peaceful protest according to the Media? Will their faces be plastered over the news and arrested??

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    • April 1, 2023 at 2:16 pm
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      NO because the left can do as they please

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  • March 31, 2023 at 4:52 pm
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    I am so damn sick of these immature, hypocritical, mentally ill morons destroying this country! They can destroy, loot, even MURDER and it’s excused because they constantly flip the script and cling to their so-called victimhood. The Dems create their “special interest groups” and get them all riled up, create their own special “militia groups” i.e; BLM, Antifa, now the transgenders, and it is nothing more than a legalized mob of the Democrat party. They will live to regret this as the normal, peaceful folks who have firearms to protect themselves and family are going to reach a boiling point, I think that is the goal to be honest. They seem to be itching for a war. Will they ever be held to account for their actions or will the spineless RINO’s cave to the mob rule? They want us all to be defenseless sitting ducks when they try and destroy the freedom of our country & citizens, not the illegals and gang members pouring over our border by the thousands every day. They are declaring war on us because we won’t accept their insanity. May God be with us.

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    • April 1, 2023 at 2:32 pm
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      SO very true they think they can just over ride our CONSTITUTION by showing up and cause a riot. IT is always a KNEE JERK reaction to these kind of shootings, and all you here is GUN control 24/7. THE DNC have been pushing stupid gun control laws for the past 40 years, and they have stopped nothing. THEY tried to pass laws to let teachers carry guns, that would have stopped a lot of these shooting. BUT they have NO COMMON sense, they just want to take people rights to defend there selves. BLM and the rest have showed they get there way when they RIOT and tear down our country. AND I for one am SICK of it.

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  • March 31, 2023 at 4:55 pm
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    We must not let these Communist leftist interfere with our conservative agenda or trample our freedoms given by God. The conservatives need to realize this was a Soros provoked uprising and why is this not considered an insurrection like the leftist try to insinuate on the Jan 6 protest in DC.

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  • March 31, 2023 at 5:17 pm
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    Just another example of the Democrats ineffective, ” Band-Aid ” approach to solving problems!! Don’t address or recognize the real issue of mental illness, but attack the tools they use to commit violence as it is so much easier to put on a show than solve the actual problem!! Let’s ban forks to address obesity, ban sugar to fight diabetes, make mental illness ” normal ” versus intervention and treating it. Also, lets provide a venue, signs and a ” party ” atmosphere for our well intentioned, but misled and ignorant youth to get their 15 minutes of fame they crave. Elitest Democrats and their minions have lost their way!!

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    • April 1, 2023 at 2:34 pm
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      YOU have said here one of the MAJOR PROBLEMS with the left and the DEMOCRATS .

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  • March 31, 2023 at 5:30 pm
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    Useful idiots and tools of Soros. I sure as hell hopw there were arrests. I also think they should have gone back into session after it was cleared. Those with megaphone should have been arrested too.

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  • March 31, 2023 at 5:34 pm
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    “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

    ― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain

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  • March 31, 2023 at 5:37 pm
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    Is anyone surprised that these Communist Progressive behave in such a way?

    I am not!

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  • March 31, 2023 at 5:45 pm
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    Round them up. There are a couple of empty or abandoned prisons in Tn. Turn them into the Nashville gulag. Fight fire with fire. It is all they understand. A press release or strong letter dose nothing.

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  • March 31, 2023 at 6:22 pm
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    Why didn’t Cameron Sexton act immediately, the Democrats would have. RHINO’s like Sexton are in lock step with the Democrats. They act together to keep the rights of Tennessee Citizens under their control.

    Arrest Justin Jones, Justin Pearson and especially Gloria Johnson. Remove all three from office. Lock them up for a year or two. then bring them to trail. That is what the Dem’s would do. The only way those people will learn that they are not above the law is to prosecute them and suffer the consiquences of their actions.

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    • March 31, 2023 at 8:18 pm
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      Amen to that!!!!! They don’t abide by the law so why should we? When you question them with facts, they bold faced lie, or come up with some stupid response and just keep repeating it to any question asked. Stonewalling. How do you expect to get anywhere if the people in the highest power positions act like 2 year olds? It is unacceptable our politicians and military officials constantly lie, play stupid, ( Milley ) and behave like insolent children. Bought and paid for, every damn one of them. They all have their playbook and send out the mass memo to all in the MSM to parrot the same BS talking points and use their selective “words” they carefully choose to demonize anyone who doesn’t agree with their psychotic world view. All the while they scream for “tolerance” when they are the most intolerant of all. They are laughing at us.

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  • March 31, 2023 at 8:59 pm
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    I agree with all comments above.
    This morning, I sent emails to my TN state Senator and Representative. Leave my guns alone! Guns don’t kill, people do. Again, guns don’t kill, people do.
    Mentally ill and deranged people at the Capitol along with these other idiots that perform these atrocious shootings. I am sure that the grooming of our children in this country’s public school system is just going to get worse. It is sickening. The DEA needs to GO!

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  • April 1, 2023 at 1:52 pm
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    I am sick of all the RINOs in both our federal and state governments. They go in front of us and tell us lies. How are we supposed to truly know who we are voting for and that they will support what the majority of their constituents want? If a rep does not follow what the people want, they need to be removed from office and prosecuted immediately. Maybe some of you have seen the meme floating around social media. “A rock in bad hands murdered Abel, a rock in good hands killed Goliath. It’s definitely not about the rock, folks.” Don’t you dare take away our right by the beloved Constitution to bear arms because of a bunch of rabid kids who are brainwashed. They are not taught about the sacrifices people (many the same age as them) made to keep our country free. I say lock them up.

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