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Posted by: Paul Burch on May 25, 2023

In an open letter to Gov. Bill Lee posted to the social media site Twitter yesterday, three Republican legislators urged Lee to abandon a special session on state gun laws and public safety scheduled for Aug. 21. In the letter, freshman Rep. Bryan Richey, R-Maryville, called Lee’s session an "expensive, disruptive, futile and counter-productive publicity stunt” that would invite “a national woke mob” to the capitol. Lee called the session after the 113th General Assembly adjourned for the summer without addressing Lee’s proposed Order of Protection Law which would have allowed a judge to remove weapons from those deemed dangerous to themselves or others.