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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Apr 5, 2023

WPLN reports that the state legislature is deferring action on gun legislation, despite protests from students and local gun reform activists. The Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee postponed hearing a bill, SB1503, that would decrease the age for permitless carry in Tennessee from 21 to 18; the Senate Judiciary Committee pushed hearing three gun-related bills to the 2024 legislative session, including SB1325, which would have allowed teachers and other school employees across the state to carry concealed handguns on campus. SB1029 would have required safe storage of guns, but the Tennessee Lookout reports that it has been taken off notice to be reworked as a bill that could possibly earn bipartisan support.