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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Mar 30, 2023

Senate Judiciary Chair Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, said Wednesday that no gun-related bills will be taken up the rest of this legislative session, the Tennessee Lookout reports. “We will not hear any gun bills, anything related to gun bills this year. If they want to take them up next year, that’ll be fine,” Gardenhire said. The Senate Judiciary Committee, which already passed legislation to lower the gun carry age to 18 in Tennessee, will hold its final meeting next week, Gardenhire said. He noted Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti reached an agreement with a California group to drop the age to 18 from 21 after Skrmetti determined he could not defend the state in court. A federal judge in the eastern district of Tennessee signed the order Monday, the same day three students and three staff members at The Covenant School in Nashville were killed.