As of August 18, 2023, a review of the circumstances regarding Bill Lee’s proclamation for a special legislative session and some of the response of legislators to that proclamation forms a basis for conservatives to be concerned about the potential for misdirection and lack of openness in the process to materially change public policy in…
Capital Research Center examines the sources of money to push gun control in states like Tennessee.
On August 8, 2023, “Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) announced a special session of the legislature to consider various proposals related to public safety. But unusually for a reliably conservative and Republican state—Lee won 65 percent of the vote in his 2022 election campaign and both chambers of the state legislature are supermajority Republican—the session…
Governor Lee issues Proclamation for a Special Session on Package of Gun Control Proposals
Months ago, while the Legislature was still in its regular session, Governor Lee asked them to enact his Red Flag law which was his immediate, some might say knee-jerk – response to the Covenant School murders. The Legislature rejected that request, deferred almost all remaining 2nd Amendment legislation to 2024 and instead adjourned. Before most…
Senator Jack Johnson discusses the Governor’s call for a Special Session
Senator Jack Johnson, the Senate Republican Caucus Leader, discusses the Governor’s Special Session which the Governor has stated that he is called to enact is Red Flag gun control proposal. On the need for a Special Session, Senator Johnson expressed some concern that the general requirements for calling a Special Session may not exist at…
Tennessean lists legislators’ position on Gov. Lee’s Red Flag gun control proposal.
The Tennessean has released a report as of July 28, 2023, on the state Legislators who have given a public statement on their position with respect to Governor Bill Lee’s demand that they enact a Red Flag gun control proposal in Tennessee. The report indicates some Republican support still exists for the Governor’s proposal but…
Speaker Cameron Sexton talks with TFA about the Governor’s Red Flag gun control but indicates some laws are possible in the special session.
Speaker Cameron Sexton speaks with TFA about the Governor’s Special Session. He indicates that he does not foresee the Governor’s Red Flag gun control proposal coming out of the committee system but he does think that there are possible steps with respect to emergency committals and “mass threats” directed to groups or locations. He also…
Bill Lee Conspiring with Democrats and conducting “secret” meetings to craft surprise gun control agenda for Special Session.
In a constitutional republic with a so-called conservative Governor in a “red state” like Tennessee, few would expect that the Governor would be conspiring with gun control advocates and conducting “secret” meetings away from the capitol in order to craft a gun control package, including his demand that Tennessee enact a Red Flag law, to…
John Rich and TFA’s John Harris discuss the Red Flag Down campaign to defeat Bill Lee’s gun control agenda in Tennessee.
Country Superstar and conservative advocate John Rich and Tennessee Firearms Association Executive Director John Harris discuss the Red Flag Down campaign on a Tennessee Stands podcast segment. The Red Flag Down campaign rolls out with a well funded statewide campaign to spread the word that most Tennesseans, polling shows at least 84%, reject the Governor’s…
TFA joins GOA in SCOTUS amicus brief to challenge ATF’s bumpstock rule
On July 20, 2023, Tennessee Firearms Association joined Gun Owners of America, Inc., and other groups in submitting an amicus brief (“friend of the court”) in support of a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari (asking the Court to accept the appeal) the matter of Guedes et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and…
Bill Lee Administration intentionally putting daycare children, workers and facilities at risk
July 17, 2023 – This past weekend Governor Bill Lee asserted it was “a disservice to parents and teachers” when Chief Drake in the Metropolitan Police Force in Nashville announced that Metro was not applying for $5.25 million in state funding for “School Resource Officers” (“SROs”). According to the news report, Metro Nashville made that…