Republican Bill Lee called for compassion in pre-recorded video but didn’t mention guns after six killed at Nashville school
Tennessee does not have “red flag” laws, designed to stop gun purchases by people with criminal records or mental health problems.
“As a nation, we owe these families more than our prayers,” the president said at an event in North Carolina. “We owe them action. We have to do more to stop this gun violence that [is] ripping communities apart and ripping apart the soul of this nation; to protect our children so they learn how to read and write instead of duck and cover in the classroom.”
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