The Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday narrowly blocked a bill that would have penalized gun owners for leaving a firearm loaded and accessible to a child.
Lawmakers tasked with negotiating details of a major firearms bill left their work open to the public last week — a move that broke from opaque traditions on Beacon Hill.
Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people in 2018, promoting stricter gun control laws in America.
The negotiations on pending gun legislation ought to be done in the public eye, not in back rooms,” state Republican Party Chairperson Amy Carnevale said in a statement.
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Most Tennesseans want to see practical changes to gun laws.
The bill would go further than Maine’s current yellow flag law, which requires several steps before a judge can consider removing access to firearms.
At the site of the 2018 school shooting in Florida, the vice president announced federal help for states to limit weapon access for people deemed to be threats.
Gun safety advocates applauded Youngkin for signing four gun safety bills into law, while Democratic lawmakers blasted the governor for not doing enough.
South Carolina Gov, Henry McMaster has held a ceremony marking a new law allowing any adult who can legally own a gun to carry the weapon openly without a permit .
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Limmer said he believes farmers will be in more danger if they have to retrieve their gun from a locked storage unit first.