Two notable recording artists have joined a chorus of calls for Tennessee to implement stricter gun control measures.
“We’re Nashvillians. We’re also moms,” Sheryl Crow told News Channel 5. “And I think what happened at Covenant has touched everyone, including Gov. Lee on a very deep and personal level. We just want to see something that we can all agree on.”
Singer Amy Grant also wants to have a conversation about gun control.
“We see the power of finding common-ground conversation,” she said. “Everyone is fatigued from the trauma, and I think that creates a table to which everyone is willing to come forward and sit around and say this is complicated. Everybody wants change.”
Crow and Grant are reportedly part of a new coalition called “Voices for a Safer Tennessee.”
“Voices for a Safer Tennessee is a nonpartisan statewide coalition dedicated to prioritizing gun safety and advocating for common sense gun laws to make communities across Tennessee safer for all of us,” according to that organization’s website. “If you believe our children deserve a safer Tennessee, then we are on the same side.”
Crow and Grant spoke out while four Tennessee mayors penned a letter to Gov. Bill Lee (R), demanding stricter gun control laws.
Mayors Jim Cooper (D) of Nashville, Lee Harris (D) of Shelby County, Tim Kelly (D) of Chattanooga, and Indya Kincannon (D) of Knoxville all co-signed the letter.
Of the many demands in the letter, the mayors notably called for “Red Flag” laws, a subject on which Lee has recently shown weakness.
The letter said:
- Implement Extreme Risk Protection Orders.
- Known as a “red flag” law, an Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) empowers law enforcement and family members to intervene and temporarily prevent those at extreme risk of harming themselves or others from possessing guns.
- Law enforcement and immediate family members could petition a civil court for an ERPO to temporarily remove guns from the possession of those at serious risk of harming themselves or others. If a judge finds that there is sufficient evidence, that person is temporarily prohibited from purchasing and possessing guns. The guns they already own will also be held by law enforcement for the duration of the ERPO.
- Once the immediate threat of harm to an individual or others is removed, individuals can petition to have the ERPO removed to ensure proper due process.
- Tennessee should allow law enforcement to petition a civil court for an ERPO. Petitioners could also include immediate family members and medical professionals. 20 states have already implemented ERPOs.
- A recent poll showed that 71% of Tennesseans support adopting red flag laws.
Lee called for “Red Flag” laws on April 11, bending to the pressure from liberal activists, including Democrat state representatives who have led riots and protests at the Tennessee State Capitol.
– – –
Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on Twitter.
Photo “Sheryl Crow” by Sheryl Crow. Photo “Amy Grant” by Amy Grant.
Karen Bracken- you are spot on with both of your posts on April 20..
I agree on all the comments SO FAR. Governor Lee caving is pathetic! These two twits live behind walls and armed guards AND Cheryl Crow moved to Tennessee from California. She is such a useful idiot. I am so sick of this crap. Now the Tennessee 3, who DO NOT represent the majority of this state are being invited to the White House. Check out their Twitter feed. I know Gloria Johnson, embarrassingly represents my district in Knoxville. We are STUCK with her sorry tail because the city of Knoxville has gone Democrat. I went on her Twitter feed recently and she is speaking to the out of state transplants to turn this state blue. Republicans can NOT get their crap together. We have people like Governor Lee who caves on these issues. I am so sick of mamby pamby Republicans who can’t separate from the big dollars of corporations that put the Everyday Joe into extinction. THIS is why Trump won and I will support him to the end.
Very true, Karen! And they usually have armed security which they do NOT want for children and young people in schools!!! Why Is that???
But NONE of them are calling for the murderer’s manifesto which should provide pertinent information for their Red Flag laws? What about “the people’s right to know”? Isn’t that the basis of democracy? But NO! They want to attack the rights of those of us who weren’t responsible.
Republicans
I don’t give a hoot what Cheryl Crow or Amy Grant say about anything. Liberals like them are chipping away at our Freedoms. Did they get asked if they have weapons in their homes? You know damn well they do. My guess is someone with influence ( Bill Lee) asked them to go public with this BS. Lee can’t run for reelection again, but our State Legislators can run for reelection. So I believe I would vote the Constituents Will.
Old has been entertainers don’t have the intelligence to understand the 2nd Amendment.
I am surprised Amy Grant inserted herself into the discussion, she always presents to me as one dedicated to music, not politics. I guess I am both surprised and disappointed. Sheryl Crow, on the other hand, seems to “follow the wind” and go with what is hot. Both are entitled to their opinions but frankly their opinions hold no sway with me. For those who think back ground checks will eliminate the problem they are terribly mistaken or ill informed. It is silly to think those who break the law in shooting others will somehow follow these proposed laws. They don’t follow laws, they will secure weapons illegally. There are better ways to handle the problem. The schools can be made more secure, armed resource officers are vital and those officers need to report to law enforcement for supervision, not a school administrator. Single point entries, bullet proof glass are effective deterrents. Parents too, need to be part of the solution. They hold significant culpability and must be held equally accountable for their child’s conduct. Finally, simply throwing “mental health services” into the school is not an answer. The key to involving the child is involving the parent.
Shut up and sing. Don’t need a lecture from the know-nothing crowd. Better to spend your time getting the mentally ill off the street.
Entertainers are owned. They carry the water for the left or they do not work. Any entertainer that is truly successful and remains successful is because they answer to their handlers.
Lets not forget the mentally ill FEMALE that murdered 6 people in Nashville could have been stopped if the school had an armed SRO, no glass doors and one single point of entry to the school. SHE chose that location because of its lack of security and that is a fact. If these idiots that want to infringed on our 2nd Amendment rights to protect ourselves looked at the statistics (of course these bleeding hearts never look at statistics) the states with the strictest gun laws also have the highest crime rates, murders rates and murder by gun in the country. These people could care less about our children. They have an agenda and that is what they care about. They don’t want stricter laws (because they don’t work) they want to a total ban of ALL guns. And they will get us there little bit by little bit. Give them an inch and they want a mile and will not stop until we are left defenseless. How many of these “entertainers” have armed security guards. How come armed security guards are ok for them but not for our schools??? You don’t hear of school shootings in Israel and that is because teachers are armed and they have security at all schools.
Do y’all recall the NGA in Kentucky were 400 governors and china meeting ? National Governors association
Will transgenderism be viewed as a mental illness that bars gun ownership? Of course it won’t, which shows the empty virtue signaling involved here. Neither these singers nor Gov. Lee have addressed the transgender terrorism that led to the massacre of Christian children. Has Lee called for the manifesto to be released?
At least this lets the country see what we see about Lee.
we dont need gun control, we need liberal control. their running amok has led to society degrading to this level
I don’t rely on the opinions of featherheads to make the most important decisions in my life.
“A recent poll showed that 71% of Tennesseans support adopting red flag laws.”
Oh, I’m sure that was a “statewide coalition” poll too.
The same four metro areas? They get the most education spending, the most corporate welfare and enjoy the most crime. And lead the riots in the capitol. Every single time.
Well guess what, girls? Millions of us moms in the United States have the good sense to fight FOR our right to keep and bear arms , because we want our children protected!
The singers are catering to the liberals who care not about children but about about their communist elites!
Famous idiots is much more accurate. I always love the mention of “their” polls, like none of us remember those 2016 polls. I don’t give a damn if the “polls” said 99% favor and the communists along with the feds continue to stage the killing of children to remove our last means of defense against their tyranny.
Shall NOT Be Infringed, Period! Send authorities to try to take our God given rights and find out how much better prepared and pissed off we really are.
release the shooters manifesto
So Amy Grant wants to “have a conversation about gun control “. How about this conversation……. ENFORCE THE GUN LAWS EVERY STATE IN AMERICA CURRENTLY HAS IN THEIR REVEISED CRIMINAL CODE . You want something done to control gun crime. Stop Prosecutor’s Offices from allowing gun thugs the right to plea bargain gun arrests down to misdemeanors . Talk to any street cop, they will tell you how to stop the madness in our streets.
America doesn’t need gun control ,we need criminal control.
Beam me up Scottie !
More gun control? Did it ever occur to you celebrities that gun control is what’s costing innocent lives? For every minute a active shooter goes unchecked 1-5 people are shot and killed. Covenant had no armed security and no armed teachers and even with the quick and heroic response of Nashville police 6 innocent lives were lost. Also where’s the outrage about the three representatives/activists who have exploited this tragedy to gain notoriety? Or their being feted at the white house while the victims families remain uninvited. Covenant was an act of domestic terrorism committed by a transactivist who killed innocent teachers and children simply because of their religious beliefs. Beliefs which didn’t embrace the trans movement. Sadly it’s in all parties interest, especially state republicans, to call this gun violence instead of the hate crime it is. And just when is the shooter’s manifesto going to be release? Where are all our constitutional 2nd amendment loving republicans at right now? Hiding as usual.
Pathetic. The people insisting on this useless legislation are the same ones contributing to the decline in personal responsibility in this country. Mental illness has become a way of life for so many because it is taught in our schools daily.
These mayors find it acceptable that a person’s property can be confiscated first then due process can occur. This is the reverse of how the legal system is designed to function. Our governor is leading the charge on this constitutional assault. Hopefully the legislature will not allow this.