Tennessee mayors call for these stricter gun laws – By Craig Shoup (Nashville Tennessean) / Apr 19 2023
In the wake of the Covenant School shooting, mayors across Tennessee — including Nashville’s John Cooper — are asking the state legislature to adopt stricter gun laws.
Joining Cooper were mayors Lee Harris of Shelby County, Tim Kelly of Chattanooga and Indya Kincannon of Knoxville. Together, they sent a joint memo to Gov. Bill Lee and other leaders to support extreme risk laws following the March 27 deaths of three 9-year-old children and three adults at Covenant School.
“Tennessee can save lives by implementing gun laws that have proven to be successful in other states,” Cooper said in the memo to Lee. “While evidence suggests that banning assault weapons should be a primary policy consideration, this memo outlines ten common sense policy recommendations we believe should earn bipartisan support to enact this legislative session.”
