In anticipation of the upcoming NRA convention, the TN legislature has passed or considered a number of gun laws. For example; they tried to pass a law banning toy or replica firearms anywhere in the vicinity of a school, while continuing to allow real loaded weapons, and they passed a law allowing registered gun owners to carry loaded weapons in parks regardless of local municipalities’ laws or signage.
The NRA itself will require vendors at their gun show to remove the firing pins so that any weapons are inoperable. They also are banning guns at events such as an appearance by Jeff Foxworthy. However, at an event where most of the GOP presidential hopefuls will be speaking, the carrying of loaded weapons will be allowed.
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When I started here, all there was was swamp. All the kings said I was daft to build a castle in a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show’em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up.
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Oh, don’t worry about them! I’m sure all the GOP candidates will be packing, too, and everybody knows that a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun. When the shooting starts, it’ll be real clear who’s who.
Only a stupid Republican idea in that a Republican is having it and it’s a stupid ideal; stubborn political careerism like this is, of course, a bipartisan phenomenon. But, dude, you’re 78 years old! You’d be 86 when your 6th term ended! We’ve had more than enough Strom Thurmonds! Retire gracefully!
Tricky. The Stupid Republican part might be the over-reaction to the judge’s leniency. Right Wing Hate Radio is absolutely up in arms over this, and demanding the judge’s recall. There might be no “good guy” here at all, and Republican stupidity might be on both sides.