Nashville artists SherylCrow KaceyMusgraves AmyGrant JasonIsbell and dozens of other signees drafted a letter calling for Tennessee lawmakers to enact stronger gun reforms following the Covenant School shooting
, a coalition pushing for extreme risk protection laws and stronger measures around safe storage of firearms.
“Gun violence in Tennessee is not inevitable,” the group wrote. “We are not hopeless, and we will not accept inaction. This does not have to be our normal and we ask that you stand with us! We know that gun safety laws work. Policies like extreme risk protection laws and secure storage of firearms can save lives. And we ask that you keep your session open until these policies are put into place.”
Lawmakers claim conversations on extreme-risk legislation — which would allow law enforcement to temporarily confiscate weapons from anyone deemed a serious risk of harming themselves or others with a firearm — are ongoing, per the report. However, there is a push to complete legislative business for 2023 by the end of the week as gun-reform protests have ramped up after the Covenant school shooting.
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