NASHVILLE – Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly’s call for “common sense” gun regulations following two weekends of city gun violence is proving to be a nonstarter with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee.
Kelly called for mandatory background checks on all firearm purchases and a ban on high-capacity magazines.
Lee on Monday announced new safety steps directed at schools that don’t include additional gun regulations.
“There are a lot of opinions about whether or not certain actions actually have an effect on what’s occurred here,” the Republican governor told reporters during a state Capitol news conference where he unveiled a series of actions and recommendations for Tennessee public schools following mass shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school May 24 and another May 14 at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store.
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