A news report from the Johnson City Press on May 16, 2022, provides further evidence that Bill Lee and the Tennessee Legislature, under the absolute control of a Republican super majority, should be viewed as complete failures on their sworn oaths to protect our constitutionally protected rights in Tennessee. As noted in the Johnson City…
Tennessee Legislature’s hypocritical problem with public transparency exposed again
The Tennessee Legislature, particularly the House of Representatives, has a chronic problem with its concept of transparency. It has a clear history and current character for taking care of “the People’s business” in ways that make it impossible for the People to actually track and monitor what the Legislature is doing. This is not an…
TFA joins amicus brief in 9th Circuit case involving state law restrictions on firearms purchases
On May 2, 2022, Tennessee Firearms Association joined with other national and state organizations to support an appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals of a case challenging and at the trial court level striking down certain state level infringements on firearms purchase procedures. The case is Yukutake, et al, v. Shikada, et al.,…
2022 Legislative Year End Report
The 2022 Tennessee Legislative Session came to an abrupt end on April 28, 2022. All over social media the Tennessee Legislators are celebrating, proclaiming great success and stewardship over our rights and resources, and many have their hands out already for your support in their re-election efforts. So how did they do? They failed. No…
Tennessee House passes bill to reduce age to legally carry a handgun to 18
The Tennessee House of Representatives passed House Bill 1735 on April 21, 2022, to allow citizens 18-20 who can legally possess a handgun (and meet other conditions) to obtain an enhanced handgun permit or to carry under the 2021 permitless carry law based on an amendment adopted by the House. The bill passed the House…
Bill Lee has failed as a 2nd Amendment governor in Tennessee
In 2018, he was known as “candidate” Bill Lee. One of his campaign ads featured him sitting in church trying to give voters the assurance of what a good, trusting, truthful person he was. But, it was more than that. Early in his campaign he clearly told voters that he did not believe in real…
Are Tennessee Democrat leaders aggressively anti-2nd Amendment?
This year brings an interesting development in the evolution of the Tennessee Democrat party’s leadership into a party that is continuing on its path to become more and more as anti Second Amendment as the national Democrat party leaders clearly are. Indeed, Tennessee’s Democrat leadership increasingly looks more and more like the laughing stock Alexandria…
Lt. Gov. Randy McNally and Speaker Cameron Sexton introduce a bill as amended to attack grassroots advocates
On April 5, 2022, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally’s “caption bill” which he is sponsoring, SB1005, was amended from a 2 page bill to a 15 page bill that now contains a direct attack on the 1st Amendment rights of Tennesseans who support issue advocacy groups such as the Tennessee Firearms Association which are established as…
Tennessee Senate Republicans kill REAL Constitutional Carry on April 6, 2022 and break a promise doing it
The Senate Judiciary “killed” the 2022 REAL constitutional carry bill (HB2524/SB2866) today by sending it to “summer study”. That much we know. We also know that this is EXACTLY what Governor Bill Lee, his Commissioner in the Department of Safety, Jeff Long (a former sheriff), and the Department of Safety’s taxpayer funded spokesperson had wanted…
Tennessee Firearms Association joins in amicus brief to US Supreme Court on high capacity magazines
On April 1, 2022, Tennessee Firearms Association joined with Gun Owners of America, Inc., and other national and state organizations to submit an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in a petition filed in the case of Virginia Duncan, et al., v. Rob Bonta, No. 21-1194. This is one of many cases in…