Chances are shrinking fast for a key gun-control proposal to make it out of the Tennessee Legislature in the wake of a deadly school shooting, as GOP lawmakers are pushing back against the Republican governor’s proposal to keep firearms away from people who could harm themselves or others faces.
Tennessee has become a flashpoint in the nation’s heated debate over gun rights. Two young Black Democratic lawmakers were expelled from the state House for a protest over gun control. The pair has since been reinstated.
