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saying no laws existing or proposed could have ) what happened yesterday in nashville. >> such a deeply offensive thing to say. it really is. if this had been a muslim shooter, we would have seen a thousand bills proposed for more things for homeland security to do. willie, the idea that every time a horrific tragedy like this happens, if you even talk about trying to do something to make our school safer for our children, people say, "oh, theres nothing you can do." they say you can d...

the covenant school, a small private school inside a church that the chief of police in nashville chief john drake, says appears at one point was apparently a student at that school. they were led to her by what he said was a vehicle parked nearby that they wouldnt go into further detail about her as this investigation is just underway. police say that she killed three adults staffers as well as those three children and students. the first call came in at 10 13 am local time and police...

On Monday afternoon, in the aftermath of the school shooting in Nashville, CNN was promoting precisely the opposite of what would likely provide better protection for schools as law enforcement analyst Andrew McCabe argued against arming school teachers. Even though teachers would be able to respond immediately more quickly than police could arrive, McCabe oddly argued that the failure of Nashville police to stop the six murders was somehow evidence that armed teachers could not have fared bette...

Because, quite frankly, until we change our leadership and get some people with some real backbone in there, its not going to change. theres going to be no meaningful law change in tennessee from this that i can see. its heartbreaking. >> yeah, it is heartbreaking. everything about this, representative freeman, is heartbreaking. whats also heartbreaking is those people that you were talking about, they could have been with you. they could have seen everything. they just wouldnt have cared. they ...

Of a 10-year-old, right in the same age range, i cant even begin to imagine what that felt like. i was just watching the videos before this came on of the shooter breaking into the school. its just terrifying, heartbreaking, angering. here in tennessee, weve -- we actually, instead of restricting guns, we actually continue to expand them. weve got a serious problem, and we know it. were just afraid to do anything about it. >> so, representative freeman, can you talk a little bit about the gun la...

High likelihood that, uh, one of their friends or acquaintance was was was one of the injured and or deceased? um, all across our city tonight at dinner. were going to have some tough conversations with our kids and the echo what senator campbell said, uh, try to make them understand why we continue to have these things when we have opportunities to stop it. and um elected officials dont have the courage to do it. representative freeman on that question, something that popped out at me . reporte...

Im also curious to get your perspective on one of the common aspects of the shooting. typically when we discuss these all too often horrific crimes, the shooter is a male and hes typically, uh, in his early twenties and not a teenager. in this case. this was a 28 year old. adult woman. what does that say to you? i honestly dont know. but i think like you i was shocked and when? when i heard that it was a 28 year old woman, actually, um, assumed it would follow the typical playbook of you know th...

Rape kit tracking bill moving to House Finance Committee elisfkc2 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A sexual assault kit bill that’s making its way through the state capitol aims to help sexual assault victims in Tennessee track the status of their rape kits. The bill allows for law enforcement and victims of rape and sexual assault to track their rape kits. State Representative Bob Freeman (D – Davidson County) is one of the lawmakers working to pass the J...

Rape kit tracking bill moves to TN House Finance Committee The bill allows for law enforcement and victims of rape and sexual assault to track their rape kits Author: WSMV TV Updated: 6:20 PM EDT April 9, 2021 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A sexual assault kit bill that’s making its way through the state capitol aims to help sexual assault victims in Tennessee track the status of their rape kits.  The bill allows for law enforcement and victims of rape and sexual assau...