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Friday, November 13, 2026Nov 13

Opinion: Chattanooga, Tennessee better than all this gun violence? Apparently not

“I’m tired of standing in front of you talking about guns and bodies.”

That was our mayor, Tim Kelly, at a a news conference Sunday.

He was saying this as police continued going over evidence from our second mass shooting in a week, and our third in eight months.

Later, Kelly told CNN: “Over the last 10 days we’ve had three killed here and something like 23 injured. So, it’s a terrible situation.”

Yes, it is. And it’s a terrible situation that has been decades in the making. Decades in the making with multiple causes – not just family choices or just government choices as some would like to blame.