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More interested in turning our democracy into their mob-ocracy or mob rules. we are seeing that quite literally in the rules being passed which have now prohibited our own constituents from coming into session and holding a sign that says "protect kids, not guns" or that says "am i next." that has now been banned during this special session. in fact, pieces of paper have more legislation than guns in our state. we are seeing in state legislature after state legislature the erosion of our democracy. so i'm deeply concerned about what is happening here in tennessee under the leadership of this e...

A Shelby County Criminal Court Judge certified two questions to be appealed by the state attorney general weeks after ruling the law unconstitutional.

A Shelby County Criminal Court Judge certified two questions to be appealed by the state attorney general weeks after ruling the law unconstitutional.

To address gun reform. joining us now, tennessee state representative justin j. pearson. representative pierson, thanks so much for being with us. i want to start with how this all began. calls for gun safety reform. what do you believe that fight looks like with the legislature, when it heads back into session? >> our legislature, they have a responsibility to respond to the over 80% of tennesseeans who want to see something done about gun reform, who want to see something done about the horrible statistic that gun violence kills more of our children than car accidents, or cancer, the leading...

It is an issue, however, that hasn't gained that much support among republicans. and as you said, they do dominate the legislature. so do you believe that your colleagues in the legislature are actually going to meet you halfway on this issue? yeah, we need them to meet us 100% of the way on this issue. the supermajority of people in our state want to see us take action with extreme risk protection orders, want to see us take action as it relates to background checks, want us to do everything in our power to make sure that our children and our communities are safe. gun violence is the number o...