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2024 Candidate Interviews on Second Amendment issues

Tennessee Firearms Association contacted the 2024 candidates for the State Senate who had contested Republican primaries to interview them to get their responses to a limited set of questions in advance of the upcoming primaries. Each candidate was given the list of questions in advance and all candidates were given the same questions Each candidate was advised that the interview would not include any additional questions or follow-up questions. The cutoff for these interviews was June 14, 2024. TFA is not endorsing or supporting any candidate in these interviews nor should any such inference be made. These are the candidates that participated in the interviews:

John G. Pullias, Senate District 2

Bobby Harshbarger, Senate District 4

Jon Lundberg, Senate District 4

Monica Irvine, Senate District 6

Todd Gardenhire, Senate District 10

Teena Hedrick, Senate District 12

Chris Spencer, Senate District 18

Charles Cooper, Senate District 24

John Stevens, Senate District 24

Tennessee Firearms Association thanks each of these candidates for their participation and for taking the time to answer a questions of interest to the mission of Tennessee Firearms Association and its membership.

Tennessee Firearms Association is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(4) issue advocacy entity.

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