Gun-rights groups sue City of Memphis
Two groups want to stop the city from enforcing the nonbinding gun-control measures voters approved during a referendum last week.
Topic: gun control
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November 2024
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All 3 city gun-referendum options pass overwhelmingly
According to early election returns, each of the three options passed with roughly the same number of for and against votes.
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September 2024
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Bill Lee: Memphis fighting state is ‘last thing we need’
“You can’t have 50 different cities with 50 different laws,” Lee said as the Memphis City Council pushes to put local gun-control measures on the November ballot. “Trying to override that is just picking a fight.”
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August 2024
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Memphis City Council sues Election Commission over gun-control vote
“We won’t back down and d--n sure won’t be bullied,” Memphis City Council Chair JB Smiley Jr. said, as council members announced the lawsuit.
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December 2023
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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.
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August 2023
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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.
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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.
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July 2023
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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.
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May 2023
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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April 2023
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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.”
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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.
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March 2023
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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
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June 2022
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Letter to the Editor: Choice, baby formula, health and guns
“Where is my right to safety and personal choice?”
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September 2021
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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.
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April 2021
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Letters to the Editor: Gun violence, nonprofit dilemma
Letters today discuss gun violence and the dilemma nonprofits face thanks to the pandemic.
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November 2020
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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.
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May 2020
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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.
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