Beginning in December 2021, TFA has started releasing interviews of members of the Tennessee Legislature on the status of the 2nd Amendment in Tennessee. As of January 3, 2022, interviews with Rep. Clay Doggett, Rep. Chris Todd and Rep. Jay Reedy have been produced and are released on the TFA’s podcast page.
TFA views this as an opportunity to increase awareness among voters concerning how the legislators, at least those who participate, feel about the 2nd Amendment, what they understand it to mean, and their thoughts on what still needs to be done to fully remove infringements on the rights protected by the 2nd Amendment from government encroachment.
2022 is a huge year for gun owners in Tennessee. We have had lots of disappointments in the last 12 years of Republican control particularly under Bill Haslam and Bill Lee. At this point, we have a legislative session in the near term which will need to address topics such as actually trying to pass REAL constitutional carry (not merely another defense to a criminal charge like they did in 2021).
More significantly, given the last 12 years, we also have a statewide election in which Bill Lee will hopefully be challenged, in which all House members are up for re-election and 1/2 of the Senate will be up. We already know that there are several who are retiring from the legislature and several whose districts have been intentionally “combined” which is forcing 2 or potentially more incumbents to run against each other. With all of this activity, 2nd Amendment issues will be a major consideration for voters in 2022.
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