There are 20 article(s) tagged gun control:

• December 2023

  • Memphis voters to decide five ballot questions in 2024

    Here’s a look at the five referendums Memphis voters will decide in 2024 that, if approved, would change future elections. 

    By Bill Dries December 28, 2023

• August 2023

  • How gun-rights groups exert influence on state lawmakers

    Republican Debra Maggart had worked to pass a number of gun bills, but she said the National Rifle Association decided to “annihilate” her in 2012 after she spoke against Tennesseans keeping weapons in their cars while at work.

    By Ian Round August 21, 2023

  • Lee calls for narrow look at gun control measures

    Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a formal call for a special session of the Legislature to begin Aug. 21 in the Capitol. It includes mental health orders of protection, with a lot of conditions, among the topics to be considered.

    By Bill Dries August 09, 2023

• July 2023

  • State senator says change in bail guidelines more likely than ‘red flag’ law

    State Senator Brent Taylor says he plans to change the state law on bail conditions. But on “Behind The Headlines” with Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo, Taylor said don’t look for major changes in gun laws in an August special session of the Legislature.

    By Bill Dries July 08, 2023

• May 2023

  • Readers offer feedback on gun reform, Tennessee Three

    The Daily Memphian received an outpouring of letters and comments after the Tennessee state legislature voted to expel the Tennessee Three. Here is a selection of those letters.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 31, 2023

  • Conaway: Memphis City Council — gutless against gunfire

    “Instead of dealing with a deadly situation now — deadlier by the day — the council pushed a decision on the ordinances to a referendum in August of 2024 — more than a year from now.”

    By Dan Conaway May 21, 2023

  • Memphis City Council considers taking stand on mayor’s race

    Some council members claim they came to a “consensus” about entering the lawsuit at a closed May 2 meeting with their attorney without taking a formal vote on it.

    By Bill Dries May 15, 2023

  • Gov. Lee, other TN leaders hope for gun safety laws in summer special session

    During a visit to Memphis, Gov. Bill Lee said a special legislative session, likely this summer, will consider several options from him and legislators of both parties.

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2023

• April 2023

  • Opinion: When it comes to guns, ‘Stop talking to me about evil’

    “The truth is that it is much easier for us to blame some dark and abstract force than to acknowledge our own shortcomings as a nation.”

    By Katherine Perry April 11, 2023

  • Protesters in Nashville demand Tennessee legislators ‘do something’ on guns

    Protesters filled the Tennessee State Capitol on Thursday, March 30, to demand tougher gun safety laws in the wake of the shooting deaths of three children and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville.

    By Ian Round April 03, 2023

• March 2023

  • GOP lawmakers open to red flag laws as protesters demand gun safety legislation

    Tennessee Republicans said they are open to red flag laws like Florida’s, but they were largely unmoved by the biggest protest at the State Capitol in recent years. “I thought it would be more than just talking to a door,” one student protester said.

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    Protesters in Nashville demand Tennessee legislators ‘do something’ on guns

    By Ian Round March 31, 2023

• June 2022

  • Conaway: School lessons in heroism

    “We lead the world in gun violence and mass shootings, rampages with numerous people shot and killed. Our governor is a coward. All who take gun money in the face of this reality are cowards.”

    By Dan Conaway June 24, 2022

  • Gov. Bill Lee focuses on school security in gun debate

    Wednesday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee made his first extensive public comments on a Monday executive order on gun violence in schools. “We’re not looking at gun laws right now,” he told reporters.

    By Bill Dries June 08, 2022

  • State House Speaker says AR-15 ban not the answer to mass shootings

    Cameron Sexton says he sees no reason to ban AR-15 weapons in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting. Meanwhile in Washington Thursday, Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen was calling for such a ban.

    By Bill Dries June 02, 2022

  • Sanford: There was always more to former Sen. Bill Frist than meets the eye

    Frist is trying to infuse compassion, reasonableness and a spirit of compromise into Republicans in Congress who, on the issue of gun safety, are seemingly heartless.

    By Otis Sanford June 02, 2022

  • Letter to the Editor: Choice, baby formula, health and guns

    “Where is my right to safety and personal choice?”

    By Letters to the Editor June 01, 2022

• September 2021

  • Opinion: A handgun holstered in view seems out of place

    A peaceful morning in a residential area seems a bit out of place for a gunman walking the streets.

    By Clay Bailey September 09, 2021

• April 2021

  • Letters to the Editor: Gun violence, nonprofit dilemma

    Letters today discuss gun violence and the dilemma nonprofits face thanks to the pandemic.

    By Letters to the Editor April 10, 2021

• November 2020

  • Opinion: We need to stop gun violence against children

    Memphis leads the nation in unintentional shootings involving children. That fact alone should give all of us pause.

    By Regan Williams November 05, 2020

• May 2020

  • House Judiciary Committee passes constitutional carry bill

    Despite the protests of Memphis officials and lawmakers, the House Judiciary Committee has passed a constitutional carry bill that enables “law-abiding” people to pack handguns without a state permit.

    By Sam Stockard May 27, 2020