In Tennessee’s capitol, bills impacting gun access are on hold, and no major measures to limit their use are being considered as a result of Monday’s shooting.
at schools, including promoting an app where parents can report concerns and helping school districts with safety assessments.
John Harris III, the executive director of the Tennessee Firearms Association, said that Lee has been promising to arm teachers in the state for five years. He said he believes there would have been fewer deaths Monday — “hopefully zero deaths” — if teachers or administrators at the school had been able to “resist with firepower” rather than waiting for law enforcement to arrive.
, but the Tennessee legislature has rebuffed several efforts to craft one. The last effort, in 2022, died in a House subcommittee.“The policy that is screaming to be enacted right now is a red-flag law that would give us some ability to prevent those in mental health crisis from obtaining or using weapons,” said Yarbro, the state senator.
Given the Republicans’ advantage, some gun control advocates remain pessimistic that Tennessee will adopt a red flag measure, even in the wake of the shooting. Hemmer said he hoped Tennessee lawmakers could look to Florida as an example, citing legislation passed by the Republican-led statehouse establishing a red-flag law and raising the age for purchasing firearms after the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
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