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Nashville students were encouraged to stage walkouts and march to the capitol Monday one week after the deadly shooting at The Covenant School.

Tennessee Republican House Speaker Cameron Sextons comparison Friday of last weeks state Capitol protests over state gun laws in the wake of a deadly Nashville elementary school shooting as "at least equivalent, maybe worse" than the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol has Democratic lawmakers furious.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol said the protest was peaceful and resulted in no arrests or property damage, despite GOP claims.

In states around the country, Republican lawmakers are pushing laws to expand the ability to own and carry firearms.

NY Times: On the same day 6 people were slain in Tennessee, the state loosened gun laws.

Tennessee lawmakers will not debate legislation at regularly scheduled Monday night sessions in light of the deadly Covenant School shooting, one of the deadliest in the states history.

Biden renews call for ban on assault-style rifles; Tennessee Democrats criticize ongoing push to ease gun access

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- A shooter armed with two assault-style rifles and a handgun killed three students and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday morning, authorities said. The suspect, identified by police as Audrey Hale, 28, of Nashville, had a detailed map of Covenant School, a school for students in

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- A shooter armed with two assault-style rifles and a handgun killed three students and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday morning, authorities said. The suspect, identified by police as Audrey Hale, 28, of Nashville, had a detailed map of Covenant School, a school for students in

"The blood of these children is on my colleagues hands," Senate Democratic Caucus Chair London Lamar of Memphis told state Capitol reporters at a news conference.