Tennessee Firearms Association has conducted its 2022 candidate survey. TFA sends out survey questionnaires to candidates for the offices of governor, state House of Representatives and state Senate.
Rather than give “ratings” or “endorsements” which can be misleading and/or influenced by inappropriate factors, the TFA is releasing a copy of the blank survey that was sent to the candidates as well as a response spreadsheet.
TFA tabulated the responses into a spreadsheet. This response shows an “1” for support under each question that the candidate answered with an unqualified supportive “yes” answer. If the candidate did not answer the question or the answer was negative, then the response is blank to indicate a negative response and to make the grid easier to identify positive responses. A candidate that did not return his or her survey is presumed by TFA to have answered in the negative on all questions.
Many incumbents in 2022 apparently decided that they would not respond to the TFA’s survey. This is unfortunate because it indicates a conscious choice by those candidates to withhold their positions on important Second Amendment topics from potential voters. If you are in a district where one or more primary or general election candidates did not respond to the survey, please insist that they get a copy of the survey and immediately send it to TFA for scoring.
TFA has scanned all original candidate responses in the event a candidate wishes to challenge the tabulations. TFA does not intend to post the individual scanned responses online.
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