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Tennessee Gov. Lee to continue pressing bill to remove guns from people deemed by court to be threat

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Tennessee Gov. Lee to continue pressing bill to remove guns from people deemed by court to be threat

June 1, 2023 at 9:29 p.m.

by Andy Sher

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Staff Photo by Andy Sher / Gov. Bill Lee speaks with Tennessee Department of Transportation officials Thursday during a tour of a bridge construction site in Clarkrange, Tenn.

CLARKRANGE, TENN. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday he still intends to present legislation to fellow Republicans to temporarily remove firearms from mentally ill people deemed by a judge to be a threat in spite of warnings a day earlier by House Speaker Cameron Sexton that a red flag law such as that cannot pass the GOP-dominated General Assembly.

The language for the bill is a framework, Lee said.

"I expect the General Assembly to look at it and determine if there are adjustments they want to make to that," the governor told reporters after touring a state Department of Transportation project in Fentress County.

"We'll actually probably be putting out some other proposals as well," added Lee, who said his proposal is not a red flag bill. "And we expect that members of the General Assembly will have a number of ideas that they'll bring forward over the next few months. And that's a good thing because that way, there'll be options for the bodies to choose what's the best way forward to keep Tennesseans safer."

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The governor is seeking to remove weapons temporarily from people found to be a threat to themselves or others after a mental evaluation and a court proceeding before a judge. He said his proposal differs from other states' red flag laws in that it allows the person in question to appear with an attorney before the judge and argue against removal.

Lee's push for new restrictions comes in the wake of the March 27 mass shooting at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville in which three 9-year-olds and three adults died. The shooting resulted in mass protests at the state Capitol from students, parents and others.

The 28-year-old shooter, 

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