State Sen. Sara Kyle (D-Memphis) and state Rep. Sherry Jones (D-Nashville) announced legislation Thursday in response to preventable shootings involving children in Tennessee.

Named for MaKayla Dyer, an 8-year-old girl from White Pine who was shot and killed by another boy over a puppy, Makayla's Law creates a Class C felony if a firearm is left loaded and accessible to a child under 13.

"We don't see this as a Second Amendment issue," Rep. Jones said. "This is a public health issue. If we had 10 children die in a year of a food-borne illness, or from a dangerous toy, or from terrorism, the legislature would take immediate action."

There were 10 children shot to death in 2015 and one so far this year.