Posted on 01/20/2012 11:41:44 AM PST by Pharmboy
Gun nuts in the Tennessee state legislature have declared civil war on New Yorkers saying they will retaliate for the prosecution of a woman who was carrying an illegal pistol at the 9/11 Memorial. A resolution winding its way through the Tennessee legislature warns New Yorkers not to drive through their state because the Highway Patrol is gunning for us. A Knoxville-based legislator, who moonlights as a farmer, is so angry over the Tennessee tourists gun arrest last month that his resolution condemns it as a grave miscarriage of justice and reminds New Yorkers to drive carefully if we come visit.
We remind the citizens of New York, especially those residing in New York City, to drive carefully through the great state of Tennessee, paying extra attention to our speed limits, reads House Resolution 585, which urges charges be dropped against Meredith Graves. A registered nurse and fourth-year medical student, Graves was arrested when she tried to check her Tennessee-registered weapon at the 9/11 Memorial in December. Its illegal to carry the weapon in this state. Graves faces a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 3 1/2 years if convicted of felony weapons possession; prosecutors have not said if they will seek an indictment on that or on a lesser charge.
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>>Oh...I think the retaliation is a good thing, but looking for NY plates on the interstate? I dunno...seems a bit out there.
In Memphis, it is illegal for a woman to drive a vehicle without a man walking or running in front waving a big red flag to warn other motorists that a woman is driving. That seems like it would be fairly easy to enforce against New Yorkers. At least easier to enforce than the prohibition against lassoing fish.
Police in Norfolk, VA arrested a guy for open carrying in the city. The case went to the VA Supreme Court. The court stated that VA law permits open carry and the city cannot have an ordinance that goes against state law.
How can NYC have laws that trump state law?
Oh, I forget, it’s NYC.
How many New Yorkers winter in Florida & summer in New York?
How many of those people drive back & forth???
One State cannot grant to its own citizens privileges and immunities not granted to the citizens of the other 49 States.
This would also cover a “New York City? Get a rope!” kind of law. (with a nod to Pace Pecante Sauce and their decades old advertising campaign)
This is silly. What kind of responsible gunowner checks their gun anywhere? We suspect this was a set-up, to drum up publicity for this woman.
But is that true for all of New York State or just NYC. I have always thought that certain areas of the state actually upheld the 2A.
This is crazy talk. If you find Bloomberg or Schumer
tooling along in TN I’m fine with making them uncomfortable.
But the average Joe with New Yaawk plates? Enough tourists
get sheared like that as it is..
So according to the NY Post and the article’s author, someone that supports and exercises their God given and Constitutionally protected rights is a “gun nut?”
How many of those people drive back & forth???
Lots of 'em, but not usually through Tennessee. It's a bit out of the way.
A better question would be how can any state laws trump the Constitution?
LOL ! Kind of funny, I had to send $140 to Millersville, TN for speeding 81/70 and I was about 8 miles from the KY border earlier this month !
A new kind of revolution? Once states begin to punish the residents of states that impose sanctions may just work. Those residents need to understand that not standing in opposition to what their legislators are doing may have consequences.
But Tennessee would be WAY out of the way...
Uh-oh...but, they let me check my piece in a gun locker that the FBI agents used.
No it doesn't.
She has that right even without the 2nd amendment.
The amendment merely protects that right.
“A Knoxville-based legislator, who moonlights as a farmer,... “
Ha. Those Tennessee hicks don’t even have professional full-time politicians. /sarcasm
this may be a good chance to fight for “shall not be infringed” in court.
if i were tennessee, i’d take a stand all the way to the SCOTUS.
teeman
“A new kind of revolution? Once states begin to punish the residents of states that impose sanctions may just work. Those residents need to understand that not standing in opposition to what their legislators are doing may have consequences.”
That is how other states got Kansas to allow non-resident deer hunting. Some states passed laws that they would sell non-resident tags to any residents of states that also sell non-res tags. At the time, KS was the only holdout, and their residents complained.
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