The difference a word makes
Tennessee Gun Owners Improvement Act is a silly name for a bill. Also, its use of the word “sporting” is troubling.
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March 7th, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Well, if less than 50% of the armed criminals get shot during their attempts at robbery, B&E, or carjacking, that would meet the “sporting” requirement pretty well in any hunters’ guide.
March 7th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Fudd-ism strikes again.
When are these legislative retards going to get the message that the majority of gun owners don’t hunt anymore?
They are either shooters, or people interested in self defense. Compared to the numbers of folks popping off at tin cans with SKS’s, or carrying a pistol for self defense, the hunter number is damned small these days.
March 7th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
The pervasive political mentality is STILL that gun ownership and their carry should be confined to a government-licensed activity of a very few…as a privilege allowed by them. The primary reasons to keep AND CARRY guns are: #1, resistance to tyranny and #2, defense against the common criminal.
March 7th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Even Krusty the Clown knows that “sport” uses are quar(?)tiery…
“Hey yutz! Guns aren’t toys. They’re for family protection, hunting dangerous or delicious animals, and keeping the King of England out your face.”
March 7th, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Most importantly the Tennessee Constitution, Declaration of Rights, Article I, Section 26 DECLARES that the citizens of this State have a right to carry arms for our common SELF-DEFENSE. That is not a “sporting use” which would be among secondary (hunting, target shooting) exercises of that right.
The addition or expansion of rights in State Constitutions actually supercede the U.S. Bill of Rights, specifically according to the 9th and 10th Amendments in the Bill of Rights.