This looks like an estate auction some of you may want to go to.

About what I’d expect. Except they get some things very wrong: The next step apparently is a renewed effort to pass a constitutional carry law in Tennessee, which would eliminate the necessity of obtaining a permit to carry a gun, with its requirement that the permit holder must undergo training in how to handle deadly […]

The Violence Policy Center is not a public safety research and advocacy organization. They are entirely a gun control group. And they’re only effective at getting grants from Joyce.

Jesse Fox Mayshark has an article in the local alt weekly on just that. It’s a good piece, light on hysteria that I expect from an alt weekly and Jesse. One quibble: On one side are people who don’t own, carry, or want guns. Whether they’ve studied the issue closely or not, they tend to […]

They yammer on about how it could result in suits in Tennessee, noting that it would have little impact since TN’s laws aren’t that restrictive.

No, really.

You may recall a bit back where some idiot put on his BDUs, slung an AK pistol that had the tip painted orange to look like a toygun over his shoulder, and went gallivanting through a state park. He wasn’t breaking the law. The white people got scared. And gun rights activists shook their heads, […]

Seen at ACK’s: I just got word that Nashville’s Adam Dread and Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign, will debate two folks from the NRA about Tennessee’s guns-in-bars legislation and the Second Amendment in a panel discussion at UT Martin. The event will be Monday, Sept. 14, from 7-9:00 pm at the University Center […]

After equating all gun owners to racists in his opening paragraph, this bigoted genius is shocked that a person can engage in lawful commerce: How did he get “at least 16 guns”? Probably by engaging in lawful commerce. He continues: It’s not only the Second Amendment Foundation that makes me sick when it comes to […]

It’s true. Peruse my archives. Anyway, their latest starts with the phrase Our View and at the Tennessean Our View and guns means they support gun control. So, let’s count, once again, the inaccuracies: Loophole creates easy venue for criminals to lock, load What loophole? Sales at gun shows are subject to the exact same […]

Let’s count: Cho’s purchases met Virginia law at the time, but a judge’s recent ruling on his competency should have sounded an alarm with federal officials, had they been notified as part of the background check. Incorrect. Cho broke the law. There simply wasn’t a mechanism for reporting his adjudication as a mental defective. Some […]

Thanks, guys. Job well done.

I’d like to thank you, The Tennessean, personally for the fact that soon handgun carry permit records will likely be confidential.

Seen at Les Jones, News Sentinel Editor Jack Lail weighs in: It is an illustration that just because you legally and easily can publish databases of public information, the public might not think you should. And if you can’t defend your position in answering their concerns, maybe they have a point. In would be no […]

Les Jones: What “The Tennesseean” did was perfectly legal, but what exactly was their motivation to go to all that trouble? Publishing lists of CCW holders tends to suggest that they need to be tracked, like sex offenders. It implies that they’re nefarious characters who can’t be trusted. That seems to be the question of […]

Seems The Tennessean’s list of CCW holders is now gone. It was here earlier. Update: Confirmed, it is gone. Thanks, blake!

In an update to the Tennessean publishing a database of concealed carry permit holders, I see that Dillard’s advertises on nearly every page. Dillard’s contact info is here. I’ve sent them a note. You could too. Meanwhile, Blake: In reality, I can only come to two conclusions: 1) They didn’t think any of this through […]

Following in the footsteps of a mental midget like Christian Trejbal, The Tennessean has decided to publish a searchable database of Concealed Carry Weapons permit holders in Tennessee. It is here. So, now thieves and would be robbers can search, by city, and find places to go steal guns. When this happened in Virginia, the […]

The Tennessean says that the race between Ford and Corker will be seen as racial milepost. They also state that Tennessee voters may find out whether their state is ready to send a black man to the U.S. Senate. When he loses, it’s because you’re a racist. Smarminess aside, for me, I don’t care about […]

Tennessee ranks fifth among the states in the percentage of residents who are obese. The top 10 contains seven south eastern states. This isn’t surprising since we deep fry and batter everything. Seriously, we deep fry chicken, fish, steak, tomatoes, bananas, and even pickles. Heck, when we’re out of stuff to deep fry, we just […]

A Tennessee regular over at AR15.com needs help: I’m in the Army and will soon be PCSing to New York. Does anyone have a pre-ban lower they could sell me or trade for an unfired Bushy lower? Looking for a FTF. I live in Greenbrier but work in Nashville. New York passed it’s own version […]

An unsigned editorial in today’s Tennessean is all aflutter with emotion and no substance. Regarding the passage by the house of the repeal of the DC gun ban (a symbolic gesture which can’t clear the Senate, at least this term), they write: The U.S. House of Representatives showed it’s more concerned about political capital than […]

The Democrat said: Dean said in an interview last week that banning bump stocks, increasing the purchasing age for assault-style weapons to 21 and bolstering the state’s background check system were “reasonable proposals.” And the Republican said: I dont think that we should look at more restrictions and more regulations on gun ownership

We have a lot going on in TN. We have a senate race happening where my choice of vote is for former Democrat Governor Bredesen. Bredesen actually signed a few pro-gun bills into law during his tenure. The Republican is Marsha Blackburn, who I’m generally not a fan of because she’s pretty flaky. I was […]

But this never happens: Engle confronted Samson after he entered the church. Samson pistol-whipped Engle. After Samson shot himself, Engle went to his vehicle, got his own weapon and held Samson at gunpoint until police arrived, police said. Except when it does. The narrative in larger media outlets is different.

From The Tennessee Firearms Association: Last week, Tennesseans heard “a great disturbance in the Force” as a small group of House legislators killed three specific bills – constitutional carry, permitless open carry, and improved civil immunity. All three bills were killed in the same House subcommittee – The House Civil Justice Subcommittee – on March […]

McKaylas Law is no exception. Some democrats in Tennessee want to pass a law holding parents responsible when a child uses a gun and it results in injury or death. Basically, they want to punish people in cases that would usually be considered accidental. And if, say, a 13 year old steals a gun from […]

I mentioned how the TN Department of Health revised the number of accidental gun deaths from 130 to 5. What the local press accounts of the incident failed to let us know is that the initial data came from a gun control group pushing an agenda: In mid-September, Tennessee gun control group Safe Tennessee Project […]

The Tennessean: Vice Mayor David Briley has convened a special Metro Council hearing next month that will explore gun violence in Nashville, whether its actually on the rise, and what to do about it if theres a problem. Sounds like he has a plan.

Nashville passed some laws restricting the property rights of its citizens. The laws targeted short term rentals. And they asked the police to enforce the rules, which target AirBNB. Well, the police said they’d rather catch real criminals: With Nashvilles continued growth, our police officers have plenty on their plates answering calls for service and […]