{"id":1918073,"date":"2023-04-22T10:55:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T14:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-legislature-rejects-republican-governors-call-for-red-flag-legislation\/"},"modified":"2023-04-22T11:02:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T15:02:43","slug":"tennessee-legislature-rejects-republican-governors-call-for-red-flag-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-legislature-rejects-republican-governors-call-for-red-flag-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Legislature Rejects Republican Governor\u2019s Call for Red Flag Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-legislature-rejects-republican-governors-call-for-red-flag-legislation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1918073&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0422\/138cd5e7-5989-462e-9d4e-6045b90e1323\/audio.mp3?length=4136589&#038;duration=345\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Calls by Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee for an extreme risk protection order law were dead on arrival in the Tennessee General Assembly as they attempted to wrap up the 2023 legislative session on Friday without being taken up in either chamber.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s GOP caucus posted on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tnhousegop\/status\/1648839020070174720?s=20\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0earlier this week that any call for such legislation, which some have referred to as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/in-depth-red-flag-or-erpo-some-tennessee-republicans-seek-rebrand-but-face-opposition-from-within-and-gun-rights-groups_5187056.html\">red flag law<\/a>, was a \u201cnon-starter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny red flag law is a non-starter for House Republicans,\u201d the caucus stated. \u201cOur caucus is focused on finding solutions that prevent dangerous individuals from harming the public and preserve the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. We have always been open to working with Governor Lee on measures that fit within that framework.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee called on the state legislature to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/nashville-shooting-sparks-gun-control-debate-in-tennessee-legislature_5200152.html\">bring forth<\/a> and pass an enhanced order of protection law, which some Republicans and gun rights groups have said equates to a red flag law. The governor\u2019s office circulated samples of legislation to debate, which lawmakers mentioned in comments throughout the week.<\/p>\n<p>Red flag laws are enacted to take guns away from those deemed a risk to themselves or others, but objections to such a law revolve around the due process rights of citizens. Lee tried to soften those qualms by stating any Tennessee law would ensure due process and involve local law enforcement in any decision to take away firearms from any individual.<\/p>\n<h2>Senate Opposes Calls to Take Up Bill<\/h2>\n<p>On the state Senate floor Thursday, Democrat state Sen. Jeff Yarbro attempted to recall from a judiciary committee a <a href=\"https:\/\/wapp.capitol.tn.gov\/apps\/BillInfo\/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1029\">previous bill<\/a> that did not move through that process directly to the floor. The bill was delayed repeatedly until the chairman of that committee tabled all gun-related bills until 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have moms that have been here for days on end, moms that are here for the first time. I think I see Evelyn\u2019s mom here with us today,\u201d Yarbro said, invoking the mother of Evelyn Dieckhaus, who was one of three 9-year-olds killed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/tennessee-mourns-day-after-nashville-christian-school-shooting_5156436.html?ea_src=open&#038;ea_med=search\">Covenant School shooting<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to speak of other moms who have called for \u201ccommon sense\u201d gun laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do we not feel shame for failing to do anything,\u201d he said. \u201cMr. Speaker, I do not want to hug another mom, knowing that we could have done more, knowing that we could have at least tried to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5163382\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/31\/id5163382-Dieckhau-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Evelyn Dieckhaus in an undated photo. (Handout via AP)<\/figure>\n<p>Republican Rules Committee Chair state Sen. Bo Watson objected based on the precedent of not bringing bills directly to the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point in time, all of us have had pieces of legislation that we would have loved to call directly to the floor for a vote,\u201d Watson said. \u201cThere has never been an incident when this body recalled a piece of legislation from a standing committee \u2026 no motion to recall has ever been successfully achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His attempt failed mostly along party lines, with one Republican joining the six Democrats in the chamber voting to bring the legislation up for debate.<\/p>\n<h2>House Follows Senate<\/h2>\n<p>After the legislation failed to move forward in the Senate, Democrat state Rep. Bob Freeman appeared to be dissuaded from bringing any legislation to the floor for a vote\u2014instead calling on the governor and House speaker to call a special session dedicated directly to the topic of the murder problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was gonna stand and ask for us to bring back a bill from the delayed bills committee, make a motion on the floor, and as I\u2019ve thought about it, I think we need real action\u2014not some political grandstanding of trying to make a symbolic effort,\u201d he said. \u201cEverybody in this room, I would assume, has had somebody from Voices for a Safer Tennessee come by and talk to them about what we need to do about gun violence. If they haven\u2019t come to see you, you\u2019ve seen them in the halls as you walk in this chamber, and they are begging for us to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freeman also noted Evelyn Dieckhaus\u2019s mother was in the House chamber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the chamber gallery, we have Evelyn\u2019s mother, and she\u2019s down here asking, begging<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calls by Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee for an extreme risk protection order law were dead on arrival in the Tennessee General Assembly as they attempted to wrap up the 2023 legislative session on Friday without being taken up in either chamber. 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