lobbies around putting a comprehensive approach t reducing gun violence in state instead of listening to th people they would rather get checks and support from the nra and design bills at the bret officially in tennessee than they will to ban assault rifles, at least bring the permittin process they had in tennesse back that would allo background checks and allo people to be educated on the use of guns, so that we ca have a responsible community around guns. tennessee has one of the highest rates of gun violenc in the country you are more likely to die b guns than anything else righ now, if you are a child. that is a catastrophe to me, that s something that needs to be solved and needs to b solved now they don t want to do anything about, it so we need to have educated folks, like representative justin jones an representative justin pearson, who s challenges what you want to do, you want to flex your power and show your fragility, and take them out of office. we ve never seen anything
something no less than expelling a colleague, grow up get out of here! you don t belong here! after representative jone became the first tennessee lawmaker expelled for a hous rule violation, we have justin pearson speaking right now let s hear what he has to say. in order that the nationa rifle association and all of these gun lobbyists continue t be able to have control over our legislation, what s goin through my mind right now is w need to play for democracy i the state of tennessee, and we need people not only just to vote, but people to show up an speak out, so that we can an gun violence epidemic that i happening in our state this is wrong, this isn t just and this is not the way that i has to be. there is a better way for us t live and we don t have to live this way but the republican party in th
the democratic caucus in the senate also joins me, of course, civi rights attorney for presiden director counsel of the naac legal defense fund senator london, let me start with you what is going through your mind, as you are watching this unfol in the state capitol in whic you serve? i m right now sitting in my office just absolutely paste a the massive display of racis that you just experienced by watching the expulsion of tw black men who were sent here overwhelmingly voted by thei district, and they expelle them for speaking out agains gun violence, but they kept th white women in office, who was just as guilty of speaking out against gun violence, and ha displayed multiple acts of disruption and civil disobedience throughout th years that she has been here and so, what you re seeing i the gop s fragility and that absolute disregard for democracy in our country, what they re doing with these two black men here in this state
chris. all, right priscill thompson, who s been there all day for us doing fantastic reporting, in the chamber righ outside, you ve seen protest there all day. obviously, this was countere just a few days ago when the speaker of the tennessee house announced very quickly that an expulsion resolution will be moved to the house floor, an of course, those three members out there joining the raucou crowds who have been in th state house and have been in the state house now on and off for a week, since that horrifi shooting in the city o nashville at that school tha killed six individuals i want to go back to senator london lamar, who served in th house, now serves in the state senate what is the next step here and i guess the other thing want to ask is, i saw a bunc of republicans in the house, you know, sort of in ver belittling and demeaning way speaking to their colleagues about, you know, you jus
party is they don t want to do anything about gun violence. they don t care how many children die, they don t car how many mass shootings we had they don t care how many kid are getting shot outside o schools, they don t care about gun violence and guns that are happening in memphis tennessee. they want to be able to expand the use of guns without an level of accountability. this is one of the first times this year that they have bee put on the spotlight, but no only by the people in nashville, but the people across the stat around the wrongdoing and th irresponsibility, and thei actions around gun crimes an gun laws now that they are putting, being put on spotlight, thei egos and their feelings ca handle the disagreement that you are having with the people they are too scared to challenge the nra and other gu lobbies around putting a comprehensive approach t reducing gun violence in state instead of listening to th people they would rather get checks and support from the nra and desig