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Nashville’s Family Safety Center marks five years of working with survivors of domestic and sexual violence

Rose Gilbert

March 20, 2024

About 200 people gathered at Nashville’s Family Safety Center to observe its fifth anniversary working with victims of domestic and sexual violence, child and elder abuse, and human trafficking. Since opening in 2019, they’ve received over 55,000 in-person and remote visits from survivors.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: domestic violence, Freddie O'Connell, Glenn Funk, John Drake, Metro Nashville Office of Family Safety

Tennessee Democrats file legislation to close the loophole that allows prohibited people from accessing guns

Paige Pfleger

August 18, 2023

Ahead of the specially called session on public safety, Democrats have introduced several gun reform measures. One of them would close a dangerous loophole that allows people to turn over their guns to a friend or a relative.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Special Session 2023, WPLN News Tagged With: domestic violence, gun dispossession, Metro Nashville Office of Family Safety

The Waffle House Shooting Highlighted A Loophole In Gun Laws. Nashville Officials Have Been Fighting To Fix It Ever Since.

Paige Pfleger

October 7, 2021

The case of the man accused of shooting and killing four people in a Nashville Waffle House in 2018 is back in court Thursday.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: gun laws, Metro Nashville Office of Family Safety, Waffle House shooting

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