Tennessee governor fails to mention gun control in message after shooting

Republican Bill Lee called for compassion in pre-recorded video but didn't mention guns after six killed at Nashville school

The Republican governor of Tennessee called for compassion and an end to mass violence but pointedly declined to mention guns or gun control in a message to his state after three nine-year-old children and three adults were shot dead at a Christian school in Nashville.

I understand there is pain," Bill Lee said in a short, pre-recorded video. I understand the desperation to have answers, to place blame, to argue about a solution that could prevent this horrible tragedy."