The Senate’s 19-9 vote sends the bill to Republican Gov. Bill Lee, despite pushback from Democrats saying lawmakers are trying to shield gun companies just weeks after the Nashville school shooting that killed six people, including three 9-year-olds.
Democratic Sen. London Lamar, a Memphis lawmaker, said it’s “disrespectful timing” to push through protections for gun companies while people continue to march at the Capitol for gun control changes. The civil liabilities bill passed just ahead of a protest in which people formed a human chain through Nashville to the Capitol in support of gun control measures.
“This is just to try to help businesses in this state that have chosen to come here, to give them a little civil liability,” Hensley said.
Because why would we want to protect kids over gun companies? Kids lives clearly don’t matter. Vote. Vote. Vote. We can change this. We have to change this.