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

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

Very bad behavior in Knoxville. News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy will have a lot to say for weeks if not months. Yet bad behavior occurs every day on the highways and very few want to ban cars. It could have been a knife or a hammer. Even a two by four piece of lumber. But […]

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 […]

AC interviews Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam regarding future political aspirations, namely governor. This is the part where, as promised, I remind everyone that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of Mayors Against Guns. Mayors Against Guns is an anti-gun group headed by NYC’s Michael Bloomberg. It is funded, in part, by the anti-gun Joyce […]

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean may join an anti-gun group: A national movement among urban mayors against illegal guns and the so-called “gun show loophole” has made its way to Knoxville and Memphis. Nashville Mayor Karl Dean said he is exploring joining that cause. Mayor Haslam and other Tennessee mayors have signed up with this anti-gun […]

Boy, these astroturf groups shoot up fast! You’ll recall Mayor Bloomberg started Mayors Against Guns, which Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam and Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan are members of. Now, Bloomberg has started State Legislators Against Guns.

The other day, I mentioned to the Mrs. one of the new fuel efficiency vehicles. It’s a passing interest of mine. I figure in the next year or two, I’ll have the itch for a new ride. And I’m pretty sure the smart thing to do with our next vehicle purchases is to get something […]

So, Insty notes this really cool plan to get the US less dependent on foreign oil. It involves requiring (for about $100) new cars to be flex fuel vehicles. I’m torn because, well, it’s a good idea. But at the same time it makes my libertarianish side want to smack me about the head and […]

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 […]

In case you missed it from the post below: But Obey lashed out at both the NRA, which failed to endorse him in his most recent race despite his pro-gun rights record, and Bloomberg. He said the mayor’s representatives came to his office and threatened to run television ads attacking him.” Nice. But what we […]

Another mayor has left Bloomberg’s mayors against gun group. This time, in New Jersey of all places: Oldsmans Township, NJ Mayor Harry Moore has resigned his membership from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun coalition, continuing the trend of mayors jaded by Bloomberg’s focus on gun control rather than crime control. “I applaud Mayor […]

In an update to ColtCCO getting slammed for lawfully carrying a gun, Insty notes: it suggests a serious training deficit with the Knoxville Police, as well as an attitude problem on the part of the officer in question. Well, the tone at the top from Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is anti-gun. Why wouldn’t the cops […]

Another mayor has left Bloomberg’s anti-gun group, Mayors Against Guns: Carmel, Indiana Mayor Jim Brainard is the most recent addition to a list of the nation’s mayors to resign from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun coalition. “These mayors, one-by-one, have come to realize the misinformation Bloomberg has given them regarding the true intent […]

Looks like Pilot Oil is going to start selling Ethanol 85. That would be good news for yours truly and the environment as I drive a vehicle that will take that. But I’m boycotting Pilot Oil since one of it’s owners, Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, is a member of the Joyce Foundation funded Mayors Against […]

Bloomberg is not only the #1 enemy of gun rights but, generally, the #1 enemy of personal responsibility. Somebody ought to inform Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam who he has chosen to ally himself with.

It’s amusing. From Joe, I learn that Gun Guy Gonzo linked to me stating we gun bloggers are full of venom and vitriol, cursing and overcompensating masculinity, and instead of providing insight on the news, they provide rehashes of decades-old NRA lies and propaganda. This is particularly amusing when you’re in the know that this […]

The story so far: The local paper runs, err, well, I’ll just let Tam say it: Standing in the checkout line at the grocery store last Saturday, I glanced down at the Knoxville News Sentinel in the rack by the register and was struck dumb. There at the top of the front page, above the […]

Chuck Canterbury: Some of America’s mayors, led by Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City and Thomas M. Menino of Boston, would like you to believe that their Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition is about fighting illegal firearms in their cities and across the country. It’s not. The principal goal of this coalition is the […]

First, I saw on the snooze last night that the shooter had been adjudicated mentally defective by a judge and ordered to go to padded land. Now, I’m not sure how the National Instant Check System works but shouldn’t something like that show up on a background check? Heck, a number of years ago when […]

Terry Frank asks I wonder if Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam will continue to maintain his membership in Mayor Bloomberg’s anti-gun group after this publication. You’ll recall that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of the Joyce Foundation funded Alliance of Mayors Against Guns. Past entries here. Seems the NRA did a story on Bloomberg’s […]

The Editorial staff of the Knoxville News Sentinel has penned yet another in the series of “Can I carry your water Mr. Mayor” Editorials. Except this time it is a different Mayor, it is Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam. Bonus points for also carrying the water of the Knoxville Police Chief Sterling Owen IV. The subject […]

If she doesn’t bring up gun control. Says the post: The shooting deaths of two auxiliary cops must spur the Democratic-controlled Congress to pass tougher gun legislation, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. But carrying guns is banned there. How’d that happen? He also called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday to urge her to act – and […]

I mentioned before that I was boycotting Pilot Oil because Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of the Joyce Foundation-funded Mayors Against Guns. And his family owns Pilot Oil. Apparently, the boycott has other followers too.

One of the worst decisions by Knoxville Mayor Haslam and his administration was the approval and installation of Redflex Red Light cameras. But much worse than that decision was the decision not to change the Yellow Light timing to ensure traffic safety. Whether this was oversight, incompetence, or greed will be difficult to ascertain. The […]

Sebastian reports that yet another mayor has dropped out of Bloomberg’s anti-gun group. Says Mary B. Wolf, Mayor of Williamsport, PA: I have learned that the Coalition may be working on issues that conflict with legal gun ownership and that some action on your behalf are dubious. I have also learned that other mayors from […]

Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam (who is a member of the anti-gun Mayors Against Illegal Guns that is funded by the Joyce Foundation – summary here and all posts here) has announced his plans for a second term: Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam today announced his candidacy for a second term. Haslam who was elected in 2003 […]

There was a rather unflattering entry at Wikipedia about Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam being a member of Bloomberg’s anti-gun Mayors Against Guns group. Seems someone from Knoxville (i.e., perhaps some of the mayor’s people) keeps trying to scrub it. But, never fear, Countertop restored it.