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gun dispossession

How Tennessee’s justice system allows dangerous people to keep guns — with deadly outcomes

By Paige Pfleger

August 17, 2023

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Michaela Carter was one of at least 75 people killed in domestic violence shootings in Nashville since 2007. Nearly 40% were shot by people who were legally barred from having a gun.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Special Session 2023, Special Session 2023 In Depth, WPLN News Tagged With: gun dispossession, gun violence, guns, ProPublica

After Covenant, Lee calls for expanding a gun dispossession system already failing domestic violence victims

By Paige Pfleger

April 19, 2023

The governor’s gun control proposal seeks to expand a gun dispossession system that has allowed guns to slip through the cracks — with deadly consequences.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Covenant School, gun bills, gun control, gun dispossession

His mother and sister were murdered. He’s focused his grief on exposing loopholes that endanger domestic violence victims.

By Paige Pfleger

April 11, 2022

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Alex Youn has spent the year since his mother and sister’s deaths trying to figure out what went wrong in their case. He discovered loopholes in the criminal justice system, and turned those loopholes into law to protect future domestic violence victims.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Features, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: criminal justice, domestic violence, gun dispossession, gun laws, guns, Politics

One Woman’s Death Illustrates How Guns Can Stay In Dangerous Hands In Tennessee

By Paige Pfleger

April 29, 2021

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A Nashville woman had done everything domestic violence victims can do in Tennessee to prevent her estranged husband from killing her. She had even armed herself. Yet she wound up dead.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: domestic violence, gun dispossession, gun laws, guns

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