In the past several weeks, the US has seen quite a few instances of high profile gun violence. These individuals are usually characterized as people who are not only unhinged, but who were breaking the law to begin with. The latter may not actually be the case.

The Associated Press reports that “nearly every gunman in this monthlong series of mass killings was legally entitled to fire his weapons“.

Tennessee hasn’t seen this kind of violence since the Knoxville Shootings last year, but one has to wonder, with all the bills currently before the legislature, including Kelsey’s Guns in Bars bill, how long until Tennessee again gets the dubious distinction of it’s own “armed gunman”?

Kelsey’s bill may not ever make it to the floor since the House passed a similar measure on Monday. Representative Kelsey voted for this bill, and offered an amendment that would have stripped the time restrictions prohibiting the carrying of a firearm into restaurants between the hours of 11pm and 5am.

Currently the Kelsey bill has been postponed in committee until the 15th of April.