The Rep: Today, September 3 at 5:00 p.m., the Knoxville City Council will consider an ordinance that, if passed would remove a long-time ban on the possession of firearms within city parks. The meeting will be held at the City County Building located at 400 Main St. in Knoxville. You can also contact your city […]

Campaign for Liberty on why not Haslam: Mayor Haslam discussed the story as I explained and he said his intention in the entire situation was simply to “stop the wrong people from having guns”. I asked him “what kind of people are you referring to that you say shouldn’t have guns?” And he responded with […]

Representative Judd Matheny organized an event that was sponsored by Barrett Firearms and Hero Gear to conduct firearms awareness training with many of our elected officials from Nashville. Pics and report here, including one of Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey having some fun with an AR-15. Update: Zing: Haslam, I’m Guessing, Doesn’t Have Pics Like These

Glenn and Helen sat down to interview Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam. You can see the interview here. They ask him about his membership in Mayors Against Guns. He says it was probably a mistake to have joined. And that when it started, Bloomberg wasn’t in charge. He does not favor any more gun controls. He […]

Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, a member of Mayors Against Illegal guns (see links here), addresses his membership at about the 9:30 mark, here. He just signed it and thinks they have six points everyone should agree with. I can’t find those points. Obviously, he’s gearing up for his gubernatorial run. Some bits: [Bloomberg] has his […]

So, we knew that Shelby County Mayor Wharton and Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam were members of the Joyce Foundation funded group Mayors Against Guns. But now, there’s a new edition. Via Rustmeister, seems Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan is also a member of this sham group. Other mayors have figured out the group is a […]

The NRA has a page up listing the mayors who joined Bloomberg’s anti-gun group. They also have contact info and how to be heard. Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of the group. So, if you local yokels haven’t called the mayor in a while, do so at: Phone: 865-215-2040 Fax: 865-215-2085 mayor@cityofknoxville.org

Bloomberg does the opinion piece for mayors against guns a gun control organization that is funded by the Joyce Foundation. Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of the anti-gun coalition of mayors (see background info here) and that is why I personally am boycotting Pilot Oil. Nothing new in this misguided screed but I […]

One of your fellow mayors against guns quit the group: Jared Fuhriman, the mayor of Idaho Falls, has walked away from the coalition of mayors. He told a local newspaper that he was originally told that Bloomberg’s coalition was only going after “illegal guns.” But after doing his own research he said, “I could see […]

Gene, being accused of anti-gun bias, writes: As for just reporting the facts, the program was designed to illicit (sic) comments from my guests. I think we succeeded. Mike Cohen, Frank Cagle and Terry Frank each offered their opinions. If you review the segment, you won’t hear me offer my opinion. I’m simply the moderator. […]

Wayne LaPierre takes on some other mayors. No mention of Haslam this time.

Mayors against guns will have a meeting: A coalition of mayors meets Thursday in Chicago to exchange strategies for fighting illegal guns and for winning tougher state and federal gun laws. But, remember, Mr. Haslam just wants to deal with illegal guns. Apparently, the wants to do that by making more guns illegal: Mayors say […]

In comments here, a reader posted his email exchange with the mayor Haslam’s office about his membership in Mayors Against Guns. It’s reprinted here (read from bottom up): To: Mayor Cc: cchesney@cityofknoxville.org Subject: Still really disappointed Date: Oct 11, 2006 2:57 PM Nice try Cathy Chesney but you didn’t come close to touching on the […]

You know, that group that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a part of: The Mayors Against Guns further claim that they “respect the rights of law abiding citizens to own guns.” No they don’t. Let’s face it. The City of New York has done just about everything it can do in the form of imposing […]

SCCY, maker of inexpensive handguns, is moving to my town and bringing 350 jobs with it: A gun manufacturer is investing $22.5 million to build a brand new facility in Blount County that will create more than 350 new jobs. Governor Bill Haslam announced the move Wednesday afternoon. The company, SSCY (sic) Insudstries (sicer), will […]

Our governor is letting the guns on campus bill become law without his signature. I suppose it’s better than a veto. He seems to only be pro gun when running for office.

But of course: Committee delays action on gun bills I’m guessing Overbey being against gun rights again. And Haslam doesn’t like the idea of guns in the legislative plaza: But Gov. Bill Haslams administration is raising concerns about the proposed change. The Republican governor said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday that […]

WBIR: Gov. Bill Haslam has signed legislation that allows workers to sue their employers if they are fired for storing guns in cars parked on company lots.

Governor Haslam OK with the park carry revision. Not so OK with the guns in the capitol thing.

The KNS: Gov. Bill Haslam and Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey are working against a bill to allow faculty and staff to carry guns on the campuses of Tennessee’s public universities. But the two Republicans have arrived at that position for different reasons. Haslam says he wants to leave it up to administrators at each school […]

NRA notes Haslam signed the bill that was only written to deal with stupid people: On March 31, Governor Bill Haslam signed Senate Bill 519 into law. SB 519, which took immediate effect, recognizes that any employer permitting a person to legally carry a firearm on the employer’s property does not constitute an “occupational safety […]

In Tennessee, we’re gonna get a new one soon. Gun rights were made an issue in the race because some cracker pointed out that a man who would eventually run for governor (Bill Haslam) had joined the anti-gun Mayors Against Illegal Guns group. At first he ignored the issue then, in an attempt to score […]

ACK tells us that Bloomberg sent investigators to gun shows in Nashville to illegally buy guns. The AP report is here: Investigators hired by New York City conducted stings at gun shows in states that have not closed the “gun show loophole” and found some vendors openly selling weapons to buyers who admitted they couldn’t […]

They either support gun control or support gun control. Cammack even says we crazy gun nuts need to stop being all gun nutty because we’re making people nervous. Well, outside the lefty blogs who get twitchy over anything gun related, I haven’t noticed a lot of nervousness. Meanwhile, though not a Democrat, Haslam releases a […]

Knoxville banned the law-abiding from going armed in their parks. And that ban will stand. Now, only criminals will be armed there. No surprise there. But this is a bit interesting: Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, who’s seeking the Republican nomination for governor, didn’t vote but gave the vote his support, saying the intersection of greenways […]

The guns in parks issue was said to be resolved since Knoxville had an old law on the books banning possession in parks. Steve Hall has proposed an ordinance repealing the ban and the meeting is scheduled for tonight. This could be an interesting meeting as Stacey Campfield reports that Mayor Bill Haslam plans on […]

Haslam got out of Mayors Against Guns Just in time: US Conference of Mayors Demands Brady Agenda Bloomberg to Run Anti-Gun Ads in Virginia

Looks like the Tennessee Gubernatorial race is getting underway with the two contenders on the Republican side looking to be Zach Wamp and Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam. AC doesn’t see Wamp getting too far because of money. You’ll recall that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of the Joyce Foundation funded, anti-gun group Mayors […]

Mayors Against Guns (which Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of) recently received $175K from the Joyce Foundation (which Barack Diggler Obama used to be director of) so that they can sue.

So, Mayor of Atlanta attaches her name to some astro-turf generated by Mayors Against Guns as evidenced at the bottom of the page: Shirley Franklin is mayor of Atlanta. Contributing to this column were: Tom Barrett, mayor of Milwaukee; Manuel A. Diaz, mayor of Miami; Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco; Greg Nickels, mayor of […]