GUN-RELATED BILLS SPONSORED IN THE TENNESSEE STATE LEGISLATURE HAVE NOT HAD MUCH LUCK THIS YEAR. A NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION-BACKED BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW SOMEONE WHO VOLUNTARILY SEEKS MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITALIZATION TO OBTAIN A HANDGUN CARRY PERMIT AFTER SEVEN YEARS FAILER EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE BILL’S SPONSOR, REPRESENTATIVE NATHAN VAUGHN OF KINGSPORT, IS DISAPPOINTED. VAUGHN BELIEVES MORE SHOULD BE DONE FOR VETERANS WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY HONORABLY. HE SAID THE BILL’S FAILURE TO PASS IN THE HOUSE IS JUST KIND OF TRAGIC.