Nashville Contemplates Gun Reform and School Safety After Tragic Shooting.

The recent shooting at a Nashville elementary school has highlighted the growing political divide in the city, which has traditionally found common ground between urban and rural, left and right. The shooting has touched on two polarizing topics: Tennessee’s increasingly open gun policy and the frictions over the rights of LGBTQ people that have been exacerbated by new Republican-driven laws. The tragedy has sparked anger and tension among both liberals and conservatives, with some blaming the other side for the city's divisive state. However, many residents believe that the old familiarity between left and right in the city will survive the tragedy.