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…

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…

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…

Federal lawsuit filed to challenge ATF’s scope of authority to revoke federal firearms licensees

On Monday, July 11, 2023, attorneys from Gun Owners of America in conjunction with John Harris, Tennessee Firearms Association’s executive director, filed a federal lawsuit against the ATF asking a court the issue an injunction on the ATF’s authority to revoke federal firearms licenses under the Biden Administration’s “Enhanced Enforcement Policy” which is resulted in…