{"id":2015855,"date":"2023-08-29T17:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-special-session-ends-in-altercation-between-lawmakers\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:35:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:35:24","slug":"tennessee-special-session-ends-in-altercation-between-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-special-session-ends-in-altercation-between-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee special session concludes with lawmakers involved in altercation."},"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\">18<\/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-special-session-ends-in-altercation-between-lawmakers%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=2015855&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>The Tennessee State Capitol: \u200bA Scene of Contention<\/h2>\n<p>The Tennessee state Capitol was abuzz with excitement as lawmakers\u2064 engaged in a heated debate during the special session on \u200cpublic safety. However, \u2063despite the fervor, significant gun control reforms\u2063 that\u200c Democrats had been pushing for failed to pass.<\/p>\n<h3>A Call for\u200c Action<\/h3>\n<p>In response to the tragic Covenant School shooting\u200d in March, which claimed the lives of \u200dthree children\u2062 and three\u200d staff members, Governor Bill Lee (R-TN) called for a special legislative session to address gun safety. The aim\u2063 was to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-special-session-ends-in-altercation-between-lawmakers\/\" title=\"Tennessee special session concludes with lawmakers involved in altercation.\">pass crucial\u200c gun safety bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>A Physical Encounter<\/h3>\n<p>Tensions reached a\u2064 boiling \u200cpoint when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-glad-rush-limbaugh-lived-long-enough-to-get-cancer-and-die-blue-check-leftists-celebrate-rush-limbaughs-death\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019m Glad Rush Limbaugh Lived Long Enough To Get Cancer And Die.\u2019 Blue-Check Leftists Celebrate Rush Limbaugh\u2019s Death\">gun control advocate<\/a> and Democratic state Rep. Justin Pearson confronted Republican House\u200c Speaker Cameron Sexton. Pearson, holding a pink sign advocating for gun \u2062safety, approached Sexton, who walked past him. Surrounding individuals blocked\u2063 Pearson \u2062and forcefully pushed him away, as captured by reporters. Meanwhile, protesters in the gallery chanted, \u201cVote them out,\u201d adding to the\u200d charged atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic state \u200cRep. Justin \u2062Jones was seen trailing behind Pearson, while state\u200b Rep. Gloria Johnson,\u2063 also a Democrat, joined them in a demonstration on the House \u2062floor, advocating for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-democrats-consider-scheduling-vote-on-controversial-gun-control-bill-in-next-two-weeks-report-says\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Democrats Consider Scheduling Vote On \u2018Controversial\u2019 Gun Control Bill In Next Two Weeks, Report Says\">gun control legislation<\/a> in the \u2062wake of the \u2062Christian \u200delementary school shooting.<\/p>\n<h3>A Disheartening Outcome<\/h3>\n<p>After the session adjourned, Democratic Rep. Karen\u2064 Camper expressed\u200b her disappointment in a press\u2064 conference, stating, \u201cAs you all have\u2062 seen and witnessed, it&#8217;s been a complete waste of time. It&#8217;s been a waste of money on the taxpayers.\u200b It&#8217;s been disrespectful to the Covenant families. It&#8217;s\u200d been disrespectful to the public at \u200clarge and, in fact, \u200bto our members.\u201d Camper emphasized that lawmakers had the opportunity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-pushes-back-against-democrat-led-gun-control-efforts\/\" title=\"GOP pushes back against Democrat-led gun control efforts\">address gun violence<\/a> but instead \u201cwasted time\u201d and \u201cdisrespected people.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Falling Short<\/h3>\n<p>The Senate managed to pass \u2062a limited number of bills related to gun control \u200bduring\u2064 the\u200d special session. \u2062However, Democrats argued that\u200b these bills fell short of their \u2062expectations. The most significant move was \u200bthe\u200b allocation\u200b of funds for safety \u200bupgrades in higher \u2063education institutions and\u2064 community mental health agencies in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Senate passed a handgun safety \u200bbill that introduced additional safety protocols\u200c for \u200cstoring handguns and removed sales taxes on firearm safes and safety devices.<\/p>\n<p>Camper concluded, \u201cLastly, even if\u200c you look at the bills we passed, is it making us any safer?\u2062 The people expected us to do something to \u2064make\u200d the public safer. We did nothing\u200b except waste \u200btime, disrespect people, and \u200dspend taxpayers&#8217; dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click\u2062 here to read more from The\u200b Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee Capitol witnessed lawmakers&#8217; physical altercation as the public safety session ended without Democrats&#8217; desired gun control reforms. In response to the tragic Covenant School shooting in March, where three children and three staff members lost their lives, significant changes were not achieved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2015856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}