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Eugene

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Thu Aug 24, 2023, 06:56 PM Aug 2023

Gun control already ruled out, Tennessee GOP lawmakers hit impasse in session after school shooting

Source: Associated Press

Gun control already ruled out, Tennessee GOP lawmakers hit impasse in session after school shooting

BY JONATHAN MATTISE AND KIMBERLEE KRUESI
Updated 7:21 PM EDT, August 24, 2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican lawmakers hit an impasse Thursday just a few days into a special session sparked by a deadly school shooting in March, leaving little certainty about what they might ultimately pass, yet all but guaranteeing it won’t be any significant gun control change.

After advancing a few bills this week, the Senate quickly adjourned Thursday without taking up any more proposals, promising to come back Monday. The announcement prompted booing and jeers from the crowd of gun control advocates watching in the galleries.

Meanwhile, the Republican-led House is continuing to churn through a full slate of other proposals, but the Senate has not pledged to take any of those up. The Senate has refused to budge from passing anything that wasn’t in the limited legislative agenda outlined by the governor at the beginning of the special session, a stance that sparked criticism from both Republicans and Democrats.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-special-session-republicans-e3aa22ea948ddbcedced6223fe3b2869

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Gun control already ruled out, Tennessee GOP lawmakers hit impasse in session after school shooting (Original Post) Eugene Aug 2023 OP
To the gun industry, dead children are merely collateral damage/acceptable losses for gun industry p keithbvadu2 Aug 2023 #1

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1. To the gun industry, dead children are merely collateral damage/acceptable losses for gun industry p
Thu Aug 24, 2023, 07:42 PM
Aug 2023

To the gun industry, dead children are merely collateral damage/acceptable losses for gun industry profits and political donations.

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