Easter service tinged with frustration for some in ousted state legislator Justin Jones' Nashville district.
Safia Samee AliNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Hundreds of congregants dressed in white packed into Olive Branch Church for Easter morning service Sunday, but for many, the joyful greetings were followed by anxious chatter over the ouster of state Rep. Justin Jones after he protested gun control measures in the Tennessee House.
For Hilt, an Army veteran, along with many others, gun control had long been a pressing issue within their community, and the Covenant School shooting, where a former studentlast month, came as another reminder of the need for commonsense legislation. “It is the people who voted them [Jones and Pearson] in. They were not appointed by their contemporaries. The people voted them in because of the causes that they spoke up for,” he said.
“It’s just so crucial that people use their platform for the powerless, for those who have no voice, so that their concerns can be spoken to. And if you remove the person who was able to speak to their concerns, then you render those people even more powerless,” he said. “We’re not asking to take your guns away, because that’s your right, but have common sense. Put that in place,” she said. “This is what the people want. The everyday hard-working person in our district wants to be secure in their homes and wants to see their children secure in their schools, and they want to feel that they are protected by the lawmakers who we choose to put in office to do those things.
“We’re not totally against what we see as reasonable measures. What we’re against is not having appropriate measures for the types of gun that you can purchase and the training that you need,” he said.
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