Speaking of TN
Reducing the cost of handgun permits. I found this interesting (and also why there will never permitless carry):
Public records obtained by the Tennessee Firearms Association from the Tennessee Department of Safety shows that from 2008 to 2014 the state of Tennessee has charged and collected $52,701,104 from citizens who were applying for state handgun permits.
However, those same state reports show that it only cost the Department of Safety $35,166,452 to fully administer that program.
February 25th, 2016 at 7:28 pm
The total recurring decrease in revenue is estimated to exceed $1,234,755 (10,737 x $115)
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/109/Fiscal/SB1483.pdf
These numbers are from the senate’s versions of the same bill SB1483. The house version is HB1748.
My answer to this, SO!
February 25th, 2016 at 7:39 pm
We have a DECLARED RIGHT here in Tennessee to carry arms for our self defense in, hint, hint, the Tennessee Declaration of Rights, Article I, Section 26. All the money and red tape could be gone if the State government operated LAWFULLY.
February 25th, 2016 at 10:29 pm
I wonder what the same comparison would look like at the BATFE regarding NFA items like cans and SBRs? No way in hell Uncle Sugar is ever gonna give up all that tax stamp money.