[1/4] Tennessee State Senators on the chamber floor and advocates for gun law reform in the gallery pray during a special session on public safety to discuss gun violence in the wake of the Covenant School shooting, in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., August 29, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr Acquire Licensing RightsAug 29 (Reuters) - A special legislative session in Tennessee called by the state's Republican governor in response to a deadly school shooting ended on Tuesday with no progress on gun safety laws, capped by a brief scuffle between opposing lawmakers. Jones and Pearson, both of whom are Black members of the predominantly white House, have been outspoken proponents of new gun laws to help ease violence in the urban areas they represent. That sentiment was not shared by Sarah Shoop Neuman, the parent of a Covenant student who lobbied lawmakers for new gun laws. After the session ended, she told reporters it was difficult for her to comprehend that children were murdered at school, yet lawmakers "took no meaningful action."

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Persons: Cheney Orr, Bill Lee, Cameron Sexton, Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, Jones, Pearson, Lee, Sarah Shoop Neuman, Brad Brooks, Donna Bryson, Leslie Adler Organizations: Tennessee State Senators, Covenant School, REUTERS, Republican, The Covenant School, U.S, U.S . Constitution, Democratic, Covenant, Thomson Locations: Nashville , Tennessee, U.S, Tennessee, Nashville, U.S ., Longmont , Colorado