Author Archives: JohnHarris

Tennessee law prohibits property owners from protecting themselves against looters

Hurricane Helene struck with devastation that is unprecedented in recent memory when it hit ground at the end of September 2024. It devastated substantial parts of East Tennessee and other states with flooding, death tolls are rising, roads and infrastructure are unusable perhaps for weeks or months. Now, there are news reports that the residents…

Erich Pratt, Sr. VP, GOA, speaks at TFALAC Annual Event 2024

Erich Pratt, Sr. Vice President at Gun Owners of America, speaks with the attendees at the Tennessee Firearms Association Legislative Action Committee ( www.tfalac.org ) 2024 Annual Event. Erich has spoken at these events in 2022, 2023, and 2024. His participation and that of GOA as a supporter of the annual events echos the working…

Pete Hegseth, Keynote Speaker, at TFALAC 2024 Annual Event

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and a Tennessee resident, was the Keynote Speaker at the Tennessee Firearms Association LAC’s 2024 Annual Event. Mr. Hegseth talked about the fact that Tennessee’s firearms laws do not include real constitutional carry and otherwise fall far short of what is required by the Second Amendment.

Congressman Mark Green addresses Constitutional Carry at TFALAC Annual Event 2024

Congressman Mark Green addresses Constitutional Carry at TFALAC Annual Event 2024

Congressman Mark Green spoke at the TFALAC 2024 Annual Event. He recalls that as a state senator in Tennessee that he carried legislation to enact constitutional carry at least 3 times and in all three instances that effort failed (because Republicans failed to support it!). Congressman Green calls for the passage of REAL constitutional carry…

8th Circuit Court of Appeals grants injunction against ATF’s pistol-brace rule

On August 9, 2024, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court on a case in which numerous states and private parties challenged the ATF’s “pistol-brace” regulatory decision which attempted to reclassify items that it had previously approved as non-NFA “pistols” to NFA short barrel rifles. See, Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc., et…