Nashville school shooting families removed by state troopers at gun law hearing
Families close to a Nashville fatal school shooting broke down in tears Tuesday after a Tennessee Republican leader ordered state troopers to remove them and others from a legislative hearing room while they waited to testify in favor of gun control measures.
The emotional scene was just one of several chaotic moments that erupted during the second day of Tennessee’s special legislative session. Republican Gov. Bill Lee initially called lawmakers back to the Capitol to consider his proposal to keep firearms away from dangerous people.
“I was supposed to speak, I was supposed to testify,” said Sarah Shoop Neumann, sobbing and shaking in front of the silent GOP-controlled House subcommittee room, which was cleared out after some clapping from the public gallery, even though she sat quietly and wasn’t holding any signs.
As a parent whose child attends The Covenant School, Neumann is among the family members desperately attempting to address the state’s relaxed gun laws after a shooter opened fire inside their school and killed three children and three adults. She was later allowed back to testify against a bill that allows for more teachers to carry guns at school. The House subcommittee advanced the bill, though its odds appear longer in the Senate.
“We’re just trying to do something,” Neumann later told reporters, as other Covenant parents huddled around her. “It’s overwhelming.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nashville-school-shooting-families-removed-state-troopers-gun-law-hear-rcna101417
These RepubliKKKans don't care. They're not going to pass the bill, they won't do anything, and the hearings are pro forma. They just wanted to humiliate the families.
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