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Voices of tennesseans who wanted the action on gun control who want to see the end of the epidemic of gun violence. we're tired of going to funerals were tired of having children having teachers having parents having grandparents and loved ones die from gun violence. when we know as a state, we can do something to prevent it because as a state we have passed laws like permanently carrie, we have laws that are in the works about lowering the age to carry a weapon that are making our state less safe, and we need to do everything that we can to lift up the voices and the people who are asking for...

Representative jones used a bullhorn to amplify their protestations and so given that it's broken the rule. presented johnson. what's your recourse? well, i mean, they it sounds like they are going to vote to expel you. well you know, that's up to them. we broke a rule. we spoke without permission. you know, you can read all of those things. but let me tell you what actually happened. what actually happened was we had been silenced that morning and not able to speak to the issue of the protesters. what their concerns were. we had listened to them. we had talked to them. they cried with us. and...

Came running down. the hill to my classroom, screaming, crying , terrified, not even able to articulate what had happened before they ran to look for safety in my classroom. i'll never forget the look on those faces and i will stand up whenever i need to fight against gun violence. representative pearson. here's the constitution . your state constitution that says you cannot do something like that. article two section 12 of the tennessee constitution provides that each house may determine rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior and with the concurrence of two third...

“I do not regret speaking up on behalf of the mothers, of the fathers, of the brothers, siblings in Memphis and Shelby County," said Rep. Pearson.

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) is threatening to expel three Democratic members of the state House after they acknowledged and supported a public…