#Permitless carry states—where anyone can carry a concealed loaded #gun in public with no #permit, background check, or safety training—have the highest rates of people shot and wounded or killed in road rage incidents.
Road rage shootings grip US as incidents soar | The Hill
https://newsnationnow.com/automotive/road-rage-shootings-grip-us-as-incidents-soar/
> Incidents of road rage shootings have more than doubled from 70 to more than 140 between 2021 and 2022.
Tennessee is seriously lax on guns -- And Why is That?
Nearly 1,400 people #die each year in Tennessee by #guns, making it the 10th highest rate in the nation.
There are few requirements for gun purchases, including **no** #background #checks or #training for handgun buyers.
The state **allows** #permitless #carry, even for #concealed #weapons, for anyone over 21, and there are **no** #red #flag #laws to keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous individuals.
Last year, Republicans moved in the **opposite direction** from gun safety, with proposed bills #lowering the handgun purchase and carry age to 18 and #allowing the most dangerous guns, including #AR-15s, to be carried in public.
This was the environment in which the #mass #school #shooting occurred, and which has driven Tennessee students to take to the streets and to #protest at the Capitol.
**Gerrymandered** to the hilt
The Tennessee state House has 99 seats, with the state broken up by maps drawn by the Republican legislative supermajority.
The maps are designed to dilute Democratic representation, both in the state and in its Congressional delegation, something that the #Voting #Rights #Act and the U.S. #Constitution **used to protect against**, before the #Supreme #Court began #gutting voting rights, beginning with its #Shelby #County decision knocking out federal preauthorization for new maps.
The House district maps in Tennessee are a blatant and unapologetic #gerrymander.
For all the GOP’s talk of “political retaliation” against their presumptive presidential candidate, the real retaliation unfolded on Thursday on the front lines of the fight for gun safety in Nashville, Tennessee. Following a tragic shooting at the Covenant School in the city that left six victims dead, including three adults and three nine-year old children, more than 1,000 students marched on the Capitol building during a session of the state’s House of Representatives. The students, in the tradition of the Parkland and MSU students, went to protest the state’s utter inaction on gun safety in the wake of these shootings.
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