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Tennessee will create a public registry of domestic violence offenders. How could it be used?

Paige Pfleger

April 28, 2025

The registry could have a use other than the one lawmakers discussed – to ensure dangerous people don’t get guns.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: domestic violence, guns

On guns and abortion, polling shows Tennesseans at odds with their elected lawmakers

Blaise GaineyandCatherine Sweeney

May 24, 2024

The state legislature continues to lose favor with Tennessee voters.  A 2020 poll by Vanderbilt University showed 60% approval of the Tennessee General Assembly — and the latest polling, out this month, shows that figure has dropped to 46%.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Elections 2024, guns, partisanship, Vanderbilt Poll

After calls for gun safety, Tennessee votes to arm teachers

Blaise Gainey

May 7, 2024

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Tennessee passed a bill package expanding gun access, including a measure allowing teachers to carry firearms in schools — despite calls for gun safety legislation after the Covenant school shooting.

Filed Under: Education, NPR News, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: arming teachers, guns, guns in schools, guns on campus, NPR

TN House and Senate pass controversial bill that will allow teachers to carry firearms in schools

Blaise GaineyandAlexis Marshall

April 23, 2024

The move goes against what many have been protesting after the Covenant School shooting that left six victims dead, three of whom are students.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, arming teachers, firearms, guns, guns in schools, tnleg, tnpol

NashVillager Podcast: April 17, 2024

Nina Cardona

April 17, 2024

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Does a new Tennessee law close all the loopholes that were exposed by the death of Belmont student Jillian Ludwig?

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Belmont University, guns, Jillian Ludwig

Tennessee bill to untangle gun and voting rights restoration is killed for the year

Jonathan Mattise, AP

April 12, 2024

Tennessee lawmakers have killed a bipartisan bill for the year that would have let residents convicted of felonies apply to vote again without also restoring their gun rights.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: guns, voting rights, William Lamberth

Tempers flare as Senate passes measure allowing teachers to conceal carry firearms on campus

Blaise Gainey

April 10, 2024

The Tennessee Senate began session Tuesday afternoon with a full gallery of parents and students ready to make their voices heard in dissent of a bill to arm teachers.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: arming teachers, firearms, guns, Mary Joyce, Randy McNally, Raumesh Akbari

Tennessee bill untangling gun and voting rights restoration advances, but faces uncertain odds

Jonathan Mattise, AP

April 8, 2024

Tennessee is advancing a bipartisan bill to allow people convicted of felonies to apply to vote again without getting gun rights restored. The bipartisan effort to untangle the two rights has cleared early hurdles but several remain.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Antonio Parkinson, guns, Randy McNally, voting rights, William Lamberth

Tennessee advances bill allowing teachers to carry firearms, rejects bills restricting gun access

Blaise Gainey

April 2, 2024

Tennessee is facing a stark increase in gun violence. With more than 1,500 people killed by gunfire in 2021, Tennessee is now No. 10 in the nation for firearm mortality per capita. But that’s not stopping state lawmakers from passing bills to expand access to guns.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, arming teachers, firearms, guns, guns in schools, tnleg, tnpol

Personal reactions to gun violence — a generation apart

Khalil EkulonaandElizabeth Burton

January 25, 2024

TIN Elizabeth & Khalil
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Gun violence is something that concerns all of us. Over the years, different generations of Americans have different experiences dealing with each event. In this opinion piece, show host Khalil Ekulona and producer Elizabeth Burton connect their personal reactions to mass shootings and gun violence — a generation apart.

Filed Under: Features, Programs Tagged With: gun violence, guns, mass shooting, This Is Nashville

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