{"id":1938359,"date":"2023-05-26T00:42:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T04:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-slam-tennessee-gov-lee-for-calling-special-session-after-lawmakers-reject-gun-bill\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T00:45:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T04:45:37","slug":"conservatives-slam-tennessee-gov-lee-for-calling-special-session-after-lawmakers-reject-gun-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-slam-tennessee-gov-lee-for-calling-special-session-after-lawmakers-reject-gun-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Gov. Lee criticized for calling special session after lawmakers reject gun bill, conservatives outraged."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fconservatives-slam-tennessee-gov-lee-for-calling-special-session-after-lawmakers-reject-gun-bill%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=1938359&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--><h2>Conservative Lawmakers Slam Tennessee Governor for Pushing &#8220;Red Flag&#8221; Law<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Conservative state lawmakers across the country on Wednesday slammed Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee, saying he is pressuring the GOP-led state to adopt a \u201cred flag\u201d law by dragging lawmakers back to the Capitol for a \u201cspecial session\u201d after they ended their regular session without passing a gun bill.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The chairmen of all 11 chapters of the State Freedom Caucus Network, representing states such as Arizona, Idaho, Mississippi, and Montana, wrote that \u201cRepublicans in Tennessee already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-slam-tennessee-gov-lee-for-calling-special-session-after-lawmakers-reject-gun-bill\/\" title=\"Tennessee Gov. Lee criticized for calling special session after lawmakers reject gun bill, conservatives outraged.\">correctly rejected gun control legislation<\/a> during their session and the Executive branch should respect those decisions made on behalf of their constituents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The out-of-state lawmakers were writing to support four Tennessee Republicans, led by Rep. Bryan Richey, who this week called on Lee to abandon the special session, which would start August 21.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is true that the Governor has the constitutional prerogative to call a special session. It is in our view wholly inappropriate to do so when the legislature, which has a supermajority of Members of the same political party as the Governor, has voted to adjourn,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenate Majority Leader Jack Johnson has flatly stated that \u2018the Tennessee General Assembly will not pass any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">red flag law<\/a>, period.\u2019 Accordingly, your proposed special session, apparently calculated to pressure legislators to pass such a law, strikes us as an expensive, disruptive, futile, and counter-productive publicity stunt,\u201d the letter continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawmakers said the session would simply provide a forum for Left-wing activists to continue their disruption of the legislature. \u201cPress reports indicate that left-wing activists are planning to use the proposed special session to state disruptive protests that will make the \u2018Tennessee Three\u2019 circus look like a dress rehearsal,\u201d they said. \u201cWhy would you want to provide a platform for such political theatre?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some Republicans have said that something has to be done following the Covenant School shooting, where a gunwoman who identified as transgender killed three children and three adults.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>But \u201cthe Covenant tragedy would not have been averted by a \u2018red flag\u2019 law,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Conservatives said that the FBI and police\u2019s concealment of the shooter\u2019s manifesto has deprived lawmakers of knowing facts about the shooting necessary to craft a legislative solution.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville Police Chief John Drake last month reneged on a promise he made to Lee to release the records \u201cvery soon,\u201d with the police department claiming it could not release the documents because it was being sued for not releasing them.<\/p>\n<p>John I. Harris III, the president of the Tennessee Firearms Association, previously told The Daily Wire that mental illness could be the cause of the shooting, but it could also be political terrorism committed by a sane person committed to an ideology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve already seen three bills, a Democrat red flag bill that\u2019s draconian, one the governor filed that we think is unconstitutional, and a third one that says if you\u2019re taking a prescription for these ten medications, you can\u2019t get the medications unless you sign a waiver saying you can\u2019t purchase firearms,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n<p><b>CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/b><\/p>\n<p>But the actual cause of the shooting could be more definitively known if police would simply release records, Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>In a blog post, Harris wrote that he had heard that Lee was \u201c\u2018inviting\u2019 legislators individually or in small groups to come meet with him\u201d and that they could be told that they \u201cmight see their districts miss out on funding or improvements that the governor or the administration has the ability to control like grants, road projects, etc.\u201d if they do not support his aims for the legislative session. But ultimately, any bills sponsored will have individual legislators\u2019 names on them, he said, noting that \u201cnext year, 2024, is an election year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jade Byers, a spokeswoman for Lee, did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Lee said in a statement announcing the special session that \u201cThere is broad agreement that action is needed, and in the weeks ahead, we\u2019ll continue to listen to Tennesseans and pursue thoughtful, practical measures that strengthen the safety of Tennesseans, preserve Second Amendment rights, prioritize due process protections, support law enforcement and address mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The State Freedom Caucus Network argues that states with Republican supermajorities have frequently had leaders that, unbeknownst to most voters, often capitulate to the Left. A Daily Wire analysis found that the more Republicans a state had in its legislature, the more moderate those Republicans tended to act.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Roth, the head of the Network, told The Daily Wire, \u201cIt\u2019s unacceptable for any Republican to propose red flag laws, let alone in a conservative state like Tennessee.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative lawmakers criticized Tennessee Governor Bill Lee for calling a special session to push for a &#8220;red flag&#8221; law after the regular session ended without passing a gun bill. 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