Tennessee Conservative
Five Months After A Shooter Killed Six People At The Covenant School In Nashville, Gov. Bill Lee Will Bring Lawmakers Back To Nashville To Cobble Together A Solution To The Mass Murder.
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The Reported Results From A New Poll Run By Vanderbilt Show That Gun Regulations Were The Third-Most Important Issue To Tennessee Voters And That Those Voters Approve Of Gov. Bill Lee’s Move To Sign A Bill Strengthening Background Checks For Gun Buys.
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Hamilton County School Officials Have Issued A Statement About A Male Substitute Teacher, Dressed As A Woman, Who Reportedly Made Students At East Ridge Elementary School In Hamilton County Call Him “Mrs.”
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Following Governor Lee’s Executive Order Regarding Firearms, 4 Liberal Tennessee Mayors Sent A Letter To Tennessee’s Republican Leadership Asking For More Gun Control.
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President Joe Biden Commended Governor Bill Lee For His Call On The Tennessee State Legislature To Create And Pass “Red Flag Laws” Also Known As ERPO (Extreme Order Of Protection) Laws. According To Sources Inside The State Capitol, The Task To Create The Legislation That Will Function As A Red Flag Law, Has Been Given To Senator John Stevens.
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Governor Bill Lee Urged Republicans And Democrats In The Tennessee General Assembly To Work Together In Finding Solutions To Keep Firearms Away From Dangerous People At A Press Conference On Tuesday.
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In December 2022, The Comptroller’s Office Released The Second Of Two Audits In Two Years. This Audit Makes It Clear To State Lawmakers That DCS Has A Long History Of Failures. Since The Time The Department Of Children’s Services Was Created In 1996, DCS Has Faced Recurring Issues That Management Has Struggled To Address.
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The Release By The Tennessee Comptroller Of A Damning Audit Of DCS Prompted Lawmakers To Vote To Allow The Department To Remain In Existence For The Span Of One Year While Improvements Are Made Under New Commissioner Margie Quin.
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In Tennessee, An Estimated 483,700 Guns Were Sold From January Through July 2022 Based On FBI Background Check Data. Adjusted For Population, This Is Equal To About 71.4 Firearm Sales For Every 1,000 People, The Ninth Highest Gun Sale Rate Among States.
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In Tennessee, Gun Sales Are Falling, But At A Slower Pace Than The National Decline. There Were A Total Of 420,199 FBI Firearm Background Checks In The State In The First Half Of 2022 Compared To 501,372 In The First Six Months Of 2021 — A 16.2% Reduction And The 41st Largest Decline Among States.
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