Virus Shutdown Threatens Constitutional Carry Bills in Tennessee

AmmoLand ^ | 14 April, 2020 | Dean Weingarten

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It seemed Tennessee would be the first state to join the Constitutional Carry club in 2020.  From an earlier article on Ammoland:

On 27 February, 2020, at 1 p.m., Governor Bill Lee announced he is proposing Constitutional Carry for Tennessee in 2020.

Both Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson and House Majority Leader William Lampeth endorsed the idea of Constitutional Carry. A specific statute was not in place when the announcement was made. With all three leaders endorsing the popular idea of Constitutional Carry, a bill seemed almost certain of passage. From tn.gov:

“I applaud Governor Lee’s commitment to Tennesseans’ Second Amendment rights guaranteed by our U.S. and state constitutions. This proposal will reduce barriers to ensure citizens have the ability to protect themselves and their families, while imposing stiffer penalties against criminals who possess guns illegally,” said Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson.

“This constitutional carry package is historic because not only does it uphold the freedoms granted to us by our nation’s founding fathers, it also imposes mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines on bad guys who illegally obtain or use handguns,” said House Majority Leader William Lamberth. “I want to thank the National Rifle Association for their work over the years in making today a reality, and I look forward to working with Governor Lee, as well as my House and Senate colleagues to get Constitutional Carry passed in Tennessee.”

The United States started 2020 with 16 states which have close approximations of Constitutional Carry.

Constitutional Carry is when residents are not required to have a government permit in order to carry loaded handguns in most public places, either concealed or openly. This was the state of the law when the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791.

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Shutting down legislative activity is one way to stop Conservatives from passing their agenda.

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Only possible when institutions of government refuse to adopt modern or even recent tools of business and keep their head firmly rooted in their arses.

There is zero reason that legislatures could not meet over videoconferencing systems long in use in the private sector. In fact, they *should* be forced to work from their local offices and attend sessions that way instead of isolating themselves from their constituents in their palatial capital offices.

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“the freedoms granted to us by our nation’s founding fathers, “

Grrrr, the founders didn’t grant us our freedoms, we are “endowed by our Creator” with rights that are inalienable.

Politicians vaporing about giving or allowing us our rights sets my teeth on edge, it betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of our form of government.

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“Unalienable”, #@&!! autocorrect!

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Progressives do not view the Constitution as a social contract.

They view it as an historical artifact, to be ignored or used for Machiavellian power political games, whichever is more convenient for bolstering their agenda, at the moment.