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Nashville Banner: A Year After Covenant, Some See Optimism in Incrementalism.

Lizzi Riordan · April 8, 2024 ·

“COLUMN: Math says gun safety reforms won’t happen without the GOP; two Republicans offer a window into why change might occur.

It was one of those phone calls where someone starts yelling before you even have a chance to say hello.

…The caller was a mom who had never been particularly political before the events of March 27, 2023, when a shooter killed six at the Covenant School. And her frustration was a familiar one. The legislature’s unwillingness to enact meaningful gun safety legislation, either in last year’s special session or the current regular session, has certainly not gone unnoticed. If you talked to participants in the human chain that connected Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to the Capitol on the massacre’s anniversary, you’d find gun control activists, to be sure. But you’d also find regular people, of all political stripes, frustrated and angry at the state’s leaders on the issue.”

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Upcoming Events

Addressing a Public Health Crisis: The Impact of Firearms on Our Community
Addressing a Public Health Crisis: The Impact of Firearms on Our Community
3 Nov 25
Franklin
Clifton Old Fashioned Fall Festival
Clifton Old Fashioned Fall Festival
8 Nov 25
Clifton
Tangled Tinsel Holiday Market
Tangled Tinsel Holiday Market
8 Nov 25
Cleveland
Fall Family Fun Fest
Fall Family Fun Fest
9 Nov 25
Nashville
Incivility, Political Violence & How Christians Can Make a Difference
Incivility, Political Violence & How Christians Can Make a Difference
12 Nov 25
Nashville

Past Events

  • Harvest Fest in Pleasant View
    Harvest Fest in Pleasant View
    1 Nov 25
    Pleasant View
  • 29 Oct
    Jonesborough Kiwanis Club
    29 Oct 25
    Jonesborough
  • Heritage Foundation of Williamson County's Pumpkinfest
    Heritage Foundation of Williamson County's Pumpkinfest
    25 Oct 25
    Franklin
  • Veronica Beard Shopping Event
    Veronica Beard Shopping Event
    22 Oct 25
    Nashville
  • 2nd Annual Halloween Bash at The Commons in Collegedale
    2nd Annual Halloween Bash at The Commons in Collegedale
    19 Oct 25
    Collegedale

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