Last year as lawmakers gathered at the capitol for a special session on guns, a group of 11 strangers came together to try and reach consensus on gun safety.
The group included a firearms instructor, a high school teacher, a veteran and second amendment absolutist, a young activist from Memphis and more. They were brought together by the nonpartisan organization, Starts With Us, to try and find agreement on one of the nation’s most polarizing topics.
The group’s process – and the common ground proposals they reached – are the focus of a documentary film called ‘The Tennessee 11‘ that premiered at the Nashville Film Festival on Saturday…