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LATEST: Tennessee statehouse expels Democrats for gun control protest
Hopefully Biden's executive order to tighten up checks by going background checks on the purchaser will pass.

Tennessee statehouse expels Democrats for gun control protest
The lawmakers halted proceedings and chanted "power to the people" as part of an anti-gun protest.
www.bbc.co.uk
Tennessee has some of the most relaxed gun control laws in the country. In 2021, the state passed a measure that allows residents over the age of 21 to carry handguns - concealed and unconcealed - without a permit.
Lawmakers and gun rights groups are working to lower that age to 18.
There is no system of universal background checks and no "red flag" laws, which are designed to allow authorities to temporarily seize legally owned guns from those found to be a danger to themselves or others.
Police said the Nashville shooter, who opened fire last week at the privately run Christian school, had legally purchased seven firearms on separate occasions.
Hopefully Biden's executive order to tighten up checks by going background checks on the purchaser will pass.

Gun control: Biden issues executive order on background checks
In the absence of congressional action, the US president pushes a series of gun control measures.
www.bbc.co.uk
Universal background checks - or the requirement to run a gun buyer's information through an FBI database before a sale is made - are seen as key to closing legal loopholes that allow prohibited purchases and are supported by a broad majority of the American public. But legislation that requires criminal background checks for all guns sales has languished in the Senate with even some Democrats opposing it.
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