Concealed Carry In Crossville
NRA reports:
The city of Crossville has proposed and nearly finalized a city ordinance that would ban concealed carry on city-owned property. Anti-gun bills such as this one will clearly strip those of Crossville, Tennessee of their right to self-defense. The watered down language used to amend this city ordinance has furthered restrictions on law-abiding citizens substantially by using the word “property” as opposed to government “buildings” or “premises.” Crossville’s ultimate scope for this bill was to limit concealed carry on city government-owned property, but the reckless use of language portrays the true meaning of the bill to limit concealed carry on any city-owned property.
January 30th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I find it hard to believe that it is Constitutional for a local government to curtail rights this severely.
Just a waste of taxpayer dollars paying for the lawsuits.
But, then again, government employees don’t give a crap about wasting taxpayer money. It is in unlimited supply from their perspective.
January 30th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Following Heller, since the state has legislated legal concealed carry rules/regulations/laws as the proper method of exercising a constitutional right, I presume the local authorities be sued for damages, for their abrogating the constitutionally protected right? I say, bring it on, I could use the cash!
January 30th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
What do the state rules say? In Texas, they’d just have to put up one of those gawd-awful 30.06 signs and that would be that.
January 30th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
who owns the streets and sidewalks?
Let ’em pass it, get the gunnies to start a petition drive to privatize it all, sell off ALL city owned property to wal-mart or someone else who wants some fast and free media attention and let them maintain it, or lease it back. They do it with naming rights on ballparks, why the hell not a whole city?
January 31st, 2009 at 4:29 am
I stopped into the unemployment office in Crossville not too long ago and they had a sign up saying no weapons allowed.
If they pass the law then I won’t be going to Crossville anymore, which is no skin off my back.
However, I really feel sorry for the folks that carry and live in Crossville. I would protest with them if they want to organize something–as I hope they would do for me if my town decided to try something asinine like banning concealed carry in public buildings.
P.S. I am angry enough about this anti-gun nonsense that I’d even be willing to try Tom’s idea as stated above^
January 31st, 2009 at 1:13 pm
That’s too bad. I go pig hunting just outside Crossville every year. It is “heartland” America, which makes this even more mystifying.
Guess I won;t be stocking up in Crossvile on the way to hunting camp anymore…
February 1st, 2009 at 3:10 pm
In Crossville, the epitome of small town America, rural east Tennessee?
That sucks. I generally stop in Crossville for gas, a snack, and some leg stretching when I’m traveling to Nashville several times a year.
If that passes I’m gonna be stopping somewhere more user friendly.
February 2nd, 2009 at 7:55 am
39-17-1314. Local regulation of firearms and ammunition preempted by state regulation – Actions againstfirearms or ammunition manufacturers, trade associations or dealers.
(a) No city, county, or urban-county government shall occupy any part of the field of regulation of thetransfer, ownership, possession or transportation of firearms, ammunition or components of firearms orcombinations thereof; provided, that the provisions of this section shall be prospective only and shall notaffect the validity of any ordinance or resolution lawfully enacted before April 8, 1986.
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:39 am
What you are forgetting is that Crossville is a retirement town. You have a lot of people from other area’s moving in to retire. They are bringing their values with them. This may be the first time they have lived in a rural setting.