The Tennessee Firearms Association (TFA) responded Friday to a set of gun control bills that passed in the House of Representatives this week. The group also criticized Tennessee lawmakers for “putting Tennesseans’ lives at risk” with current state legislation in place.
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed two gun control bills.
The first bill, titled “Protecting our Kids Act,” or H.R. 7910, would raise the age limit to purchase certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles and shotguns to 21 years old, outlaw self-manufactured firearms and bump stocks, establish regulations on how individuals must store guns in their private homes and create penalties for violating those regulations, and create a new federal offenses for gun trafficking and straw purchasers.
The second bill, H.R. 2377, titled the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order, would nationalize red flag laws.
In response, the TFA released a statement, “This week the House of Representatives under Nancy Pelosi’s leadership passed a massive, sweeping and clearly unconstitutional set of bills as they attempted to leverage a political agenda on the back of the nation’s emotional response to the recent mass murder of innocent individuals in several different events. Most conservatives, gun owners and 2nd Amendment advocates agree that the unhinged celebration of the Democrats at the opportunity to infringe an actual constitutionally protected right that they despise is a danger that requires opposition.”
The organization also said, “But, the Democrats’ efforts are not the only assault on your rights.”
The group continued its statement by calling out Tennessee Republicans for “creating and perpetuating” gun free zones in the state. These “gun free zones”, according to TFA, are “soft targets” for mass killings.
“The question that needs to be asked for these Republicans is “why are you intentionally putting our lives at risk in Tennessee? There is and should be great anger and resistance to the attacks on the rights protected by the 2nd Amendment in Congress and around the nation,” the group said. “But that anger, a good part of it, should also be directed at many of those individuals who have held public office as Republicans in Tennessee since January 1, 2011 for they are the ones who are creating and perpetuating the gun free killing zones in Tennessee.”
The TFA is a non-profit organization that “seeks to protect the right to bear arms, to restore the government to citizen control, and maintain what it believes is the original intent of both the Bill of Rights and the Tennessee Constitution.”
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network.
Shall not be infringed…!!! Anything else is unconstitutional!
We as a society have to stop fooling ourselves in thinking that making more gun laws will solve these kind of shootings that we have recently experienced. Since the beginning of this country there hasn’t been any kind of law that has or will stop a person who is hell bent on committing a crime.
I do believe that raising the age to 21 along with requiring all states to perform national background checks and then impose a minimum 10 day waiting period will help and even then it’s not 100% effective.
To take things one step further it is my understanding that the following is not protected by the 1st Amendment : Obscenity , Fighting words , Defamation (including libel and slander ) , Child pornography , Perjury , Blackmail , Incitement to imminent lawless actions , True threats , Solicitations to commit crimes. That being said I believe in is within the power of our elected officials in Washington to put heavy pressure on all forms of social media to ensure that they do a better job of policing their websites.
We probably would be better off if we raised the draft age to 35 and older, and require all politicians to have military service before running for public office.
We as a society have to stop fooling ourselves in thinking that making more gun laws will solve these kind of shootings that we have recently experienced. Since the beginning of this country there hasn’t been any kind of law that has or will stop a person who is hell bent on committing a crime.
I believe that raising the age to 21 , along with every state requiring a national background check and a 10 day minimum waiting period will help. The three things I suggested does not go against anyone’s 2nd Amendment .
It is my understanding that the following is not protected by the 1st Amendment : Obscenity , Fighting words , Defamation (including libel and slander ) , Child pornography , Perjury , Blackmail , Incitement to imminent lawless actions , True threats , Solicitations to commit crimes. That being said I believe in is within the power of our elected officials in Washington to put heavy pressure on all forms of social media to ensure that they do a better job of policing their websites.
For the record, I would support an age limit to purchase firearms, 21 years of age, to coincide with the drinking age? At the same time, maybe we could set the draft age at 21 as well, and then help young adults attend trade school or a community college? Maybe have a waiver for Active Military Personal that enlisted at 18?
There is ample data which suggest that frontal lobe development is still not complete between the ages of 17-21. Factor in the wide use of psychoactive prescription drugs among this age group, which carry warning labels, and are usually involved with mass shooting events, which are psychotic events, you have a recipe for such tragic outcomes? Why do we never investigate the Pills?
When my son started High School here in Williamson County, he text me a screen shot of kids trading Adderall and Ritalin in the halls, I immediately called the principle’s office. The assistant principal at the time called me back and said, ‘Sir, you don’t know how bad it is.’
Democrats do not care about the second amendment. They could not care any less. They want to get rid of it. Until the elected supporters (true supporters) of gun rights stop whining about that and just shut the Dems down, the United States is always going to have a problem with the gun-snatchers.