Tennessee State House Reps Justin Pearson (D – Memphis) and Andrew Farmer (R – Sevierville) got into a heated confrontation over gun control. Pearson is against the new law in Tennessee that allows for permitless carry. He says that not requiring people to get permits to carry their weapons increases the likelihood of gun violence. The Democrat House Rep lost his brother in December 2024 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Farmer says he understands what grief Pearson is going through, but in the meantime everyone else has been in the State House working while he has been absent.
Andrew Farmer’s statements sent Pearson into sort of a rage. He first gave a speech about everything that he has been doing for the past few months. After a while of Pearson raising his voice to express his grievances, his microphone was cut off. After this, Pearson approached Farmer in an aggressive fashion as Farmer sat at the long table in the State House room they were speaking in. Farmer didn’t react much as Pearson was physically restrained by other House Reps.
DEVELOPING: Democrat Rep Justin Pearson lunged at Rep. Andrew Farmer Sevierville during a heated debate over gun legislation at the Tennessee capitol in Nashville. pic.twitter.com/au3F5ueVWu
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