Justin Pearson, one of the two black freshman democrats who were expelled from Tennessee’s House of Representatives after demanding the implementation of common sense gun control legislation, has been reinstated after the Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to send him back to the statehouse. Pearson’s colleague, Justin Jones, was also reinstated earlier this week. The expulsion of the lawmakers occurred after the March 27 shooting at a Nashville private elementary school that killed three children and three adults. Republicans in the statehouse accused Pearson, Jones and Gloria Johnson, the third legislator involved, of creating disorder during a protest against gun violence from the chamber’s floor. Though Johnson narrowly escaped expulsion, Pearson and Jones were removed from the office. Pearson, however, made his return on Wednesday, to represent House District 86 in Memphis. The unprecedented move to expel the legislators resulted in widespread condemnation, with Nashville Mayor John Cooper calling it “undemocratic” and President Joe Biden criticizing the move.