Worriedman

Reason is they are ticked at the TFA for calling them out on their method of killing legislation, using the Naifeh committee gambit, never put anything on the floor and take a vote, whack it under direction of leadership, as the Chamber does not like the thought of more armed Citizens.   If you see all "No" votes, they did not return the survey.  Holt posted his on Facebook all shot up.  The complete transformation of the Republicans who used the TFA as a cudgel to get rid of Naifeh, promising Nirvana for gun rights should they ascend to the throne, turned against the mere mention of the word once they had the Supermajority. 

You got the money honey, I got the time...

Come on Oh Shoot, you know how that "legislative intent" works.  Lt. Gov Ramsey pointed it out for all of us on the "Parking Lot" bill, as long as the legislature means for a bill to do something, that is what it does...

And is anybody surprised that an individual, or gaggle of, politicians would attempt to get their name on a bill and then try to change what it does?

You have it from the TFA now, get the NRA to join up.

Re SB1612/HB1399 Actually, it was transmitted to the Governor for action on 4/16 so he would have 10 days to act, but that should be up by now...

Isn't she now in the business of handing out money?  Seems someone told me that she had gone over to the Dark Side, working as a paid lobbyist these days.  I did see her this session, strolling LP with a black bag and grin...

I learned not to trust reporters, any of them several years ago.  They are on the payroll of an industry with an agenda, and their main thrust is to further that agenda.   The usual hack job... http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2013/09/02/et-tu-brute-even-gun-freaks-out-to-beat-lamar   Now, Nick Carey with Reuters did quote me correctly and in context, refreshing...   http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/us-usa-politics-tennessee-idUSBRE84H0UD20120518  

The reason we are under 9% unemployment...

Believe it was a shotgun, not an "assault rifle" as reported in the above NBC news feed.   http://abcnews.go.com/US/fedex-shooting-results-multiple-injuries/story?id=23511924

Castle Doctrine does not extend to lockers, it does to vehicles.

Dang it, I looked but since neither of us ran "dirty" with it, I did not pick up the other thread.  Just like normal, a little slow on the trigger...

Wonder if it will pass his "sniff" test?

Sometimes you have to make choices in your life for the benefit of family members.  To let 20 years of seniority go, with the subsequent loss of benefits, accrued sick leave and vacation, including loosing health insurance at the age of 60 when you have a spouse who is very ill, well, I think the State should take the permit of someone who would make that choice for being too stupid to carry a firearm. But as long as you keep your precious presumed "Private Property Rights", (which actually do not exist in the State of TN, all your "peers" have to do is want your stuff, and they can legally take it, see Articles 1 Section 8 and 21 of the TN Constitution). By the way did you see where TVA is going to condemn and take a bunch of private property around Memphis under imminent domain, you need to trundle right down there and demand they no do such a heinous thing...   Just what is the government's job?

You will not have to worry about finding out, for at least 4 more years.  With the Leadership we have in the House and Senate, and the occupant of the governor's mansion, no chance either will make it to Public chapter status.

http://www.wsfa.com/story/25324781/police-teenager   From the article: "Oh gosh," Souther, 70, told The Smoking Gun after learning where his gun was found. He said the gun would need a "bath in bleach."

Was never put on "Notice" by the sponsor, died from lack of support.   Session is over by the way.

Well, for those who have the mental capacity to truly engage in such a discussion, the ability to actually physically hold a weapon up might be a qualifier as far as intent of the Founders regarding age is concerned.  I believe they intended for the People to have all types of weapons that a standing army could employ against the general population, so that a tyrannical government could not out of hand force acceptance of mores that were unacceptable.  That march to Lexington and Concord was to confiscate all manner of weapons and munitions.  It did not work out well for the Crown (legal constituted government at the time), as the rebels took umbrage and fought back.  The participants on the side of what became the United States were not a Nation, it was not a government, it was a collection of individuals who shot, hacked apart and burned their enemies to the point of being left alone to manage their own affairs.  Bet there were some less than what we consider adults involved in that fracas, what do you think?

See post #155, put those individuals away from society.

My grand daughter at 5 years old could shoot my CZ .22 lights out, and she was smart enough to keep her booger hook off the trigger till she was ready to fire.  If we are going to be asking ridiculous question, why not make that a 2 year old, or six month old?  Why not ask if I trust the gleam in my eye to have a gun...

I am. It is not like the felons are not carrying already...laws do not stop behavior, they simply criminalize it.

In the back woods of TN, and for much longer than the internet has existed, it was a rite of passage when a young man turned 12 or so for his family to present him with his own weapons.  I was personally given a .22 single shot rifle at that age by my grand father.  A couple of years later he handed down his Stephens pump 12 gauge to me.  At 16 he presented me with my very own .38, out of his stable of firearms.  He and my Father ascertained if I had the presence of mind and ability to control myself to be allowed "behind" them with a loaded weapon.  They had duties and obligations to their families, they were not heedless in making those determinations. I knew men that they did NOT trust in that position. Never used any of them in anger, never committed a crime with any of them.  I was taught that they were tools, and like many others, their caress use had dire consequences.  We were sharecroppers by station, and every day of my young life there was a loaded 12 gauge double barrel standing by the kitchen door, for use on predators that might attempt to take the chickens from the back yard.  We knew not to handle it except in case of need, it was like the "good" chopping ax or Grand Pa's crosscut or rip saws. More is the pity that in today's world it is the belief of many that to possess a firearm requires government to provide "training' instead of that being the province of family, when the prescription stated in the 2nd Amendment is that the federal government shall not infringe on the right to keep and bear them and that to own and carry firearms is a Right of every Tennessean.  Our peers have decided that the mentally insufficient and felons (I personally believe that if one has proven a proclivity to violence and harm to their fellow Citizens, they should be put away from society, not just denied the right to have or carry arms, but then those who subscribe to such behavior do not obey laws, that however is for others to manage) shall not be able to possess firearms, have never seen a law that could achieve the preclusion of an act.

There are maybe 5 legislators who have any desire to move firearms legislation, Sen, Mae Beavers is the most active, and Lt. Gov. Ramsey has done everything but put her in irons, (put that Piss ant Kelsey in her Chairmanship spot on Judiciary) as she "is not a team player" and keeps sponsoring real firearms legislation.   We (TFA) stay tuned in and active in attempting to move decent legislation, and lots of times, fighting dumb a** moves by the NRA.  With the current leadership, (Harwell, Ramsey and Haslam) it would take Merlin to get anything of worth through.

The 'guns in trunks" bill you reference was purchased by "big business" from the legislature, as it still allows the permit holder to be fired if there is a written policy stating such by an employer, so the employer can still ban the practice of keeping a handgun in a private vehicle..

Assuming that you mean by "They" that you mean schools (if I can follow your syntax), I have a question for you.  Are you being serious?   The average government school is in the business of pushing agendas, training the sheep to get in line and take direction without question.  Preparing a generation to go through the TSA line at the airport without so much as a thought of the breech of Liberty occurring is more the target (to gild the lily here).  To posit that the use of firearms, safe or otherwise might be remotely included in a curriculum today is past the pale.