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| 24 States 'Liberalizing' Gun Laws - AZ Leading The Pack |
| 2010-02-03 |
| It's been the year of the gun in Tennessee. In a flurry of legislative action, handgun owners won the right to take their weapons onto sports fields and playgrounds and, at least briefly, into bars. A change in leadership at the state Capitol helped open the doors to the gun-related bills and put Tennessee at the forefront of a largely unnoticed trend: In much of the country, it is getting easier to carry guns. A nationwide review by the Associated Press found that over the last two years, 24 states, mostly in the South and West, have passed 47 new laws loosening gun restrictions. Among other things, legislatures have allowed firearms to be carried in cars, made it illegal to ask job candidates whether they own a gun, and expanded agreements that make permits to carry handguns in one state valid in another. Article is funny, because these new gun freedom laws are obviously very popular, but the writer is obviously deeply opposed to gun freedom. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #8 Prior to the Republicans taking over the House in Tennessee we had a Speaker of the House, Jimmy Naifeh, a Democrat, who buried nearly all gun-related legislation in some committee and it never saw the light of day. You could say the Republicans let the light shine in. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-02-03 17:41 |
| #7 "The NRA has a stranglehold on a lot of state legislatures." This is straight out of the Progressive prohibition handbook. The first step is to steer the focus away from personal responsibility. The next step is to identify a larger entity to assume blame. And finally demonize said entity. It’s known in “social justice” circles as the “tobacco strategy”. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-02-03 16:05 |
| #6 I'm not sure "Liberalizing" is the most accurate word. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-02-03 15:29 |
| #5 The new gun buyers are not criminals but concerned citizens that take the Second Amendment seriously. The gun range has been so packed you can't get in on a weekday. There are also quite a few women and even entire families at target practice. Home defense in a down economy is also a concern. |
| Posted by: Omoluque Hapsburg8162 2010-02-03 13:13 |
| #4 My last 4 jobs I was armed and no only did they know it, they didn't care, in fact one of my co-workrs killed a big rat with his pistol and everybody cheered. He'd been getting into the lunchboxes and vending machines and we had set traps which he avoided. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-02-03 12:55 |
| #3 So the people who cross natural self preservation instincts and enter into the system, expect that every time their car plate is run or ID checked it will pop up as a gun carrier, are more unstable than the shady and/or criminal gun owners? Maybe people should not be discriminated against for owning a gun during their job application. Maybe the total public failure about Ft. Hood has people concerned (nevermind VT, DC Sniper, Mall Shooter, etc etc etc) and they know that a best response time of 5 minutes is still a very, very long time especially considering the goofball already has the initiative. Horns for the Ram, Rod for the Shepherd, Fangs for the Sheepdog. I may or may not, but I understand. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-02-03 12:38 |
| #2 Gun prohibition enlarges Organised Crime just as well as Alcohol Prohibition did. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-02-03 10:16 |
| #1 It all started when we caved in to the Gun Sufferage League and gave the Gun the vote. Since then the guns have forced us to buy and carry them everywhere. We are the victims. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2010-02-03 09:56 |