While protesters flocked to the Capitol, the building was noticeably more blocked off by state troopers who limited people from milling about in the public areas of the building ahead of Monday’s floor sessions.
in the U.S. this year and renewed scrutiny over Tennessee’s relaxed gun laws.
Sen. Janice Bowling, a Tullahoma Republican, quickly moved to adjourn the session Monday, arguing it wasn’t addressing a “danger to public safety,” but “may lessen or abridge the rights of every Tennessean.” Hart said that she had moved to Nashville from Connecticut and that her children had attended a schoolwhen 26 children were shot and killed there in 2012. She has said her children attend a school next to the private Christian Covenant School.
Demonstrators march to the Capitol for a prayer vigil before a special session of the state legislature on public safety Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. “Momma bears out there listening: I urge you, don’t fall for it. Don’t fall for it. Don’t do it,” said Britt Winston. “Don’t let them take your very valid feelings of fear – those emotions are real — don’t let them twist them into legislation that does more harm than good in protecting our children.
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