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Friday, April 21, 2023

Nice try, Bill

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — On what appeared to be the penultimate day of session, Gov. Bill Lee’s gun reform amendment appears to be dead in the water – at least for this year.

“This is not Congress, we actually read the bills, we go through the bills in detail,” Rep. Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville) said. “You cannot responsibly pass a 15-page bill in a couple of days; it’s just not how our committee structure works.”

Lee’s amendment would introduce a ‘temporary mental health order of protection’ to remove guns from someone a court finds threatening.