TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 20, 2025

In 2023, 1,588 Tennesseans died as a result of a firearm, a historic high, according to newly released data by the state’s Department of Health. The rate of firearm deaths rose in nearly every category: adult suicide, child suicide and homicides of both adult and child victims, placing Tennessee seventh in the nation for the rate of gun deaths, the Tennessee Lookout reports. Read the full report from WBBJ TV. In addition, Tennessee Senate Democrats maintain a database to track state gun deaths. It was created after the 2023 shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville and shows that over the past 10 years, firearm fatalities involving children increased overall by 128%, firearm suicides among children rose 115% and firearm homicides of children rose 114%.