The Wider Image: How history, race and politics divide Tennessee on gun legislation
A Sergeant at Arms asks Democratic Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones to stop speaking out of turn, in the House hearing room during a House education administration committee, on the third day of the special session on public safety to discuss gun violence in the wake of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., August 23, 2023. Things became heated over Tennessee House Bill 7064, which would permit guns to be carried on school campuses, grounds, and recreation areas by active duty or retired law enforcement officers and military members. "Until we act, there will be no peace for the thousands of children who came here demanding we act, who are afraid that if they're in school they will be gunned down because you have passed laws that make it easier to get gun than it is to get health care in this state," Jones said on the House floor. REUTERS/Cheney Orr SEARCH "TENNESSEE POLITICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.