C. Richard Archie, TFA Director, speaks at the TFALAC 2022 Annual Event
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Congressman Mark Green addresses 2022 TFALAC Annual Event
Congressman Mark Green was the lead speaker at the 2022 TFALAC Annual Event. He brings a powerful message and implores the Tennessee Legislature that it has not passed REAL constitutional carry and that it must do so in 2023. TFALAC was pleased to have Congressman Mark Green join the event again in 2022 as one…
What is an “adverse action” policy and why should you care?
There are two sets of federal laws, broadly speaking, that infringe your rights as Americans. The first is the National Firearms Act from 1934 (“NFA”). As it was originally enacted, it was a scheme by Congress to tax certain firearms at a tax level so high that most Americans would simply not acquire the firearm…
Heartland Liberty interview with Jo Staats, Gun Owners of America state director and John Harris, TFA Executive Director
On August 4, 2022, Dan Meredith with Heartland Liberty interviewed Jo Staats, the Tennessee State Director for Gun Owners of America and John Harris, Tennessee Firearms Association’s executive director, regarding the combined focus of these two “no compromise” organizations on fixing the problems with Tennessee’s gun laws and self-defense statutes that have continued to plague…
Heartland Liberty Interview with John Harris, August 4, 2022
Dan Meredith, with Heartland Liberty, interviews John Harris, TFA’s executive director, on August 4, 2022, concerning the state of firearms laws in Tennessee.
Tennessee IS NOT a “constitutional carry” state
For over a year now, Governor Bill Lee, several in state Legislative leadership, several state legislators, reporters and others have made the claim that Tennessee is one of the states that is now classified as a “constitutional carry” state. It is not. The assertions that it is, particularly after this period of time, are perhaps…
Why the 2nd Amendment is an important issue in the August 2022 state elections
Early voting starts July 15, 2022, for the August 2022 primaries in Tennessee. These primaries will focus attention on the party primaries and will select the candidates for each party for the November elections for Governor, state legislators, federal legislators, and state judges. For weeks now we have been receiving mailers, social media ads, radio…
Additional congressional letter to ATF but no replies from the Biden administration
Just this morning, TFA discussed a letter from Rep. Biggs dated June 29, 2022, to ATF asking some questions about reports of ATF abuses and whether internal ATF “policies” existed that essentially encouraged federal firearms license revocations for any possible violation that could be shown. We encouraged Tennessee’s Second Amendment supporters to call their Congress…
Some in Congress want to know why ATF is choking the 2nd Amendment supply chain
In a letter dated June 29, 2022, Congress Andy Biggs from Arizona sent a letter to ATF raising serious concerns about whether the Biden administration is using the ATF and applying pressure to ATF officials and industry inspectors to closed down as many federal firearms licensees as possible. Congressman Biggs’ letter is signed by 24…
TFALAC Candidate Donations through June 2022
TFALAC, the state political action committee, has made financial contributions to various candidates. Those donations were disbursed in June 2022 and reported in the Second Quarter PAC reports with the state. In most instances, the contributions were only made to candidates that had responded to TFA’s candidate survey and who have contested races in the…