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Safer TN Tracker | November 15, 2024
Safer TN is celebrating the progress we achieved together in the last legislative session. Thanks to your partnership, we’ve reached meaningful milestones in advancing firearm safety: Passed a new law preventing firearm purchases for 18-25-year-olds…
Safer TN Tracker | November 1, 2024
With Election Day right around the corner, I’m reaching out to urge you to vote if you haven’t already. The only way to make our voices heard during any election cycle is through the ballot…
Safer TN Belmont | WSMV Coverage
Safer TN Belmont | WSMV Coverage https://youtu.be/rTbYZRWLCs0 In the News: Voices for a Safer Tennessee joins the panel at Belmont University to discuss firearm safety policy, Second Amendment rights, and community safety. Coverage provided by…
Belmont Event Media Release | October 24, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 24, 2024 Media Contact:Jessica JagloisDirector of Communicationsjessica@safertn.org615-613-1624 Belmont University Hosts Critical Discussion on Firearm Safety Policies and Second Amendment Rights with Safer TN Nashville, TN – More than 70 students, community members, activists,…
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Safer TN Tracker | October 17, 2024
As October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, we are focusing on what is – and isn’t – being done to protect victims of domestic violence. Did you know that the leading cause of death for…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 7, 2024 Media Contact: Jessica Jaglois, (615) 613-1624 Voices for a Safer Tennessee Hosted Statewide Suicide Prevention DiscussionPanel Addressed Mental Health and Firearm Safety Solutions NASHVILLE, Tenn. – To mark the conclusion…
Safer TN Tracker | October 4, 2024
This week, Safer TN presented a webinar on suicide prevention. The statistics are shocking: Our state’s rate of suicide by firearm is nearly 50% higher than the national average. Rural residents and military veterans are…
Safer TN Tracker | September 20, 2024
Once again, a Tennessee child has died in an accidental shooting after finding a loaded gun in an attic. Phillip’e Woodard was 8 years old and full of promise. He was the third child in…
Safer TN Tracker | September 6, 2024
The new school year is barely underway, but already a community in a neighboring state has been devastated by a fatal school shooting. Two 14-year-olds and two teachers died in the shooting at Apalachee High…
Safer TN Tracker | August 26, 2024
Less than 14% of registered voters in Tennessee turned out for the primary Aug. 1. Although the November presidential election is expected to draw far heavier turnout, many voters give little thought to state and…
Safer TN Tracker | August 8, 2024
As we send our children back to school this month, we feel excitement, a sense of possibility, and no small measure of apprehension. Will my child be safe? School shootings are thankfully rare, but when…
Safer TN Tracker | July 26, 2024
We have two more days to vote early in this primary election, which will set the course for the next session of the General Assembly. It’s hard to overstate the importance of the primary: Because…
Safer TN Tracker | July 18, 2024
“Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls.” -Peggy Noonan, presidential speechwriter and American author Early voting…
Message To Our Coalition From Safer TN
Dear Safer TN Coalition, This weekend our Country witnessed the worst possible manifestation of polarization in the form of political violence and an assassination attempt. This is terrifying, and cannot be an option we continue…
SUPREME COURT, SURGEON GENERAL DECISIONS UNDERSCORE SAFER TN PRIORITIES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2024 For More Information, Contact Kelly Brockman, kelly@mcneelybrockmanpr.com NASHVILLE – Voices for a Safer Tennessee (Safer TN) welcomes two recent national firearm safety developments that represent positive steps toward reducing…
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Safer TN Tracker | June 27, 2024
In the last week, we’ve seen two landmark developments in firearm safety. First: On June 21, the U.S. Supreme Court found, in what will become a historic 8-1 ruling, that “[w]hen an individual has been…
Safer Tennessee Hails Video Campaign for Free Gun Locks, Tax-Free Firearm Safes
June 17, 2024 NASHVILLE – Voices for a Safer Tennessee (Safer TN) is applauding the statewide effort by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security to promote safe storage of firearms by offering free…
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Voices for a Safer Tennessee Celebrates One-year Anniversary and Exceeds $1.3 Million in Donations
Advocacy group grows with statewide expansion of coalition, addition of three staff members and new board members Nashville, Tenn. (May 15, 2024) – Voices for a Safer Tennessee (Safer TN), a nonpartisan, statewide coalition…
Voices for a Safer Tennessee Recognizes Progress on Firearm Safety as TN General Assembly Concludes
Safer TN’s advocacy efforts show impact through passage of new laws aimed at preventing firearm tragedies and prevention of bills that threatened the safety of Tennesseans NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 25, 2024)— Following the adjournment of…
Nashville Banner: A Year After Covenant, Some See Optimism in Incrementalism.
“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…
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News Channel 9: Chattanooga healthcare providers share their perspective on gun control, child safety
“CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A Tennessee non-profit held an event on gun safety in Chattanooga Thursday evening, inviting healthcare providers to share their perspective on the topic. This as one policy director asks lawmakers to adopt gun…
The Atlantic: The Politics of Gun Safety Are Changing. I Should Know.
By William H. Frist | April 3, 2024 “I encourage people who, like me, are impatient for change to look around, because something is happening. A mass shooting. Children dead. Families and communities grieving. Then the…
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BBC: Thousands form human chain in Tennessee to mark school shooting anniversary
“Advocates for gun safety gathered to form a human chain in Tennessee to mark one year after an elementary school shooting that left six dead, including three children. Thousands linked arms on Wednesday from the…
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Thousands Gather for Second “Linking Arms for Change” Event on First Anniversary of The Covenant School Tragedy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMARCH 28,2024 Tennesseans link arms in Nashville and participate in satellite community gatherings across the state NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Yesterday approximately 12,000 Tennesseans linked arms from Centennial Park and Monroe Carell Jr.…
CNN: One year after Tennessee school shooting, thousands will join hands to honor victims of gun violence
“CNN — In Nashville, one year after a shooting at a private school took six lives, thousands will come together to honor victims of gun violence and provide a visible demonstration in support of reform. About 13,000…
New York Times: One Grieving Mother Hasn’t Given Up Hope for a Gun Control Compromise
“A year after losing her daughter in the Covenant School shooting, Katy Dieckhaus is speaking about Evelyn, and the changes she wants to see. The essence of Evelyn Dieckhaus is still there, captured in the…
Axios Nashville: Group seeks volunteers for human chain honoring The Covenant School
“A coalition that came together in the aftermath of the deadly mass shooting at The Covenant School is planning a massive demonstration to mark the one-year anniversary of the tragedy. What’s happening: Voices for a Safer Tennessee, a…
News Channel 5: To mark one year since the mass shooting at The Covenant School, 13,000 people will create a human chain
“NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It’s difficult to put into words how last Spring’s tragedy at The Covenant School impacted our community. On March 27, 2023, six innocent people — three students and three school employees…
WSMV 4: Human chain event to mark 1 year since Covenant School shooting
“‘The goal is to form a four-mile chain of 13,000 people from Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt through Centennial Park and up Charlotte Avenue to the State Capitol.’ NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Voices…
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Dresden Enterprise: Hunters Understand the Need to Restore Responsibility to Firearm Ownership
By Elliott Davenport, Jr. | March 7, 2024 “Growing up in Tennessee, I always looked forward to the month of September. It officially marked the end of summer and the return of the school year, but…