Guns Trump Democracy

2/ According to state police who have responsibility for the capitol, there were no arrests, no injuries and no property damage tied to the protests.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 4, 2023

So, this happened:

About 7,000 estimated now 🔥.

THAT'S the power young people have. https://t.co/d9hm1LxgxW

— March For Our Lives ☮️ (@AMarch4OurLives) April 3, 2023

7,000 students are marching in Tennessee today because, like students across our country, they are afraid for their safety. They want lawmakers in Congress and statehouses to pass laws that will keep them safe from gun violence.

We should all be proud of them! pic.twitter.com/AvU7xqlBgq

— Rep. Mike Thompson (@RepThompson) April 3, 2023

Elementary school students and leaders have formed a tunnel that House lawmakers will be forced to walk through when session starts in an hour or so.@WKRN #TNLeg23 pic.twitter.com/YgMqnaPj4J

— Chris O’Brien (@THEChrisOB) April 3, 2023

NOW: Rep. Justin Jones speaking to the gallery right now in the #TNLeg session.

Look up in the gallery balconies: young people, students, and advocates standing up for good trouble.

Now, THIS is what democracy looks like. pic.twitter.com/PJEvzbTH6e

— March For Our Lives ☮️ (@AMarch4OurLives) April 3, 2023

And so this happened:

This is a VERY SERIOUS situation unfolding in Nashville. The reps who stood w/their constituents who came to the state house to demand gun safety, are facing expulsion from the House. Their Member ID badges have already been turned off. This is how democracy ends. https://t.co/9dOCWMPx2B

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) April 3, 2023

Jones is the representative in the video.

This was worse than the J6 insurrection. School teachers and school children participating in self-governance is inherently violent and disruptive of legislative processes.

Besides, guns trump democracy. That’s in the 2nd Amendment.