It took tragedy for this governor to promise gun law reform. Why is he backing down now?


Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee did the right thing by proposing a barebones effort in an Aug. 21 special legislation to keep firearms from dangerous people.

His desire for lawmakers to pass an extreme risk protection order, sometimes called a red flag law, has met heavy opposition from the gun lobby, including the Tennessee Firearms Association, and he has been abandoned by leaders in his own party in the super majority Republican-dominated Tennessee General Assembly.

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