Tennessee Red Flag Law
BY PGF
1 year, 5 months ago
We’ve been tracking this at TCJ (Oldest to Newest): Here, here, here, here, and here.
Now this, from Gun Owners of America:
Dear friend,
Reports indicate that Rep. William Lamberth is not happy that his constituents — the hard-working men and women who elected him — are expressing their strong resistance to gun confiscation orders.
This means the pressure on Lamberth is working, for now.
Gun owners like you know that the foundational principles of our country like the right to keep and bear arms, due process, and other constitutionally-protected freedoms are cherished by Tennesseans. Gun confiscation policies have no place in the Volunteer State!
However, we cannot back off. We must keep up the political pressure to ensure no gun confiscation bill ever sees the light of day in the quickly approaching Special Session.
Don’t forget, Gov. Bill “Lousy Lee” desperately wants to pass this ineffective and unconstitutional policy. The legislators must know that gun owners won’t stand for it!
So again, I’m personally asking you to take these four steps. These actions will go a long way to protect your rights:
- First, email Lamberth with GOA’s pre-written and editable message.
- Second, follow up your message with a call to Lamberth at (615) 741-1980.
- Third, print off GOA’s Fact Sheet and mail it in to Lamberth’s office at 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Suite 602 Cordell Hull Bldg. Nashville, TN 37243. Better yet, if you are in Nashville, deliver it in person to his office. (Please be sure to sign the letter.)
- Finally, donate to GOA. We are running ads around the state to mobilize gun owners. The more resources we have available, the more 2A supporters we can reach.
If you have already taken one or more of these actions, then I ask you to please get a pro-gun friend or family member to speak up as well.
It’s said that when politicians “feel the heat, they see the light.” It’s time gun owners turn up the political heat on William Lamberth!
In liberty,
Jordan Stein
Certified Firearms Instructor
Southeast Region Director
Gun Owners of America
Thanks for being involved.
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On July 22, 2023 at 2:24 pm, Rick said:
Seeminly, the representative has forgotten he is to represent the principals, i.e., the constituency.
Doubtful this is his own concoction; who is it controlling him, it certainly not the people.
If such ‘representatives’ win further election, it is not that enough people voted for him, but that not enough pressed on him hard enough.
On July 22, 2023 at 8:04 pm, The Ecstasty Of Gold said:
Bolsheviks always go after the guns by drumming up wrongthink with the help of the phrenology mental health comrades.
Cue the state minions only following orders as the citizens obeying laws of illegitimate regimes get gunned down and the Drew Barrymore fairy godmother they must want to do something ruthless after 250 years by taking the guns away memes.
Like Josey Wales said better get meaner than a rattler to survive Bolshevik Revolution Redux.
On July 23, 2023 at 8:23 am, Nosmo said:
“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient Causes;”
That said, the concept of “we hired you to represent us, and we can fire you for failing to do so” seems to have largely fallen by the wayside. I know not the term of office for elected Tennessee representatives, but, just like all representatives, everywhere, the lack of an opportunity for a “mid-course correction” is significant.
True, impeachment is an option, and, probably, that’s enough because there should be a tall enough hill to climb that such action is not taken “for light and transient Causes” but for serious enough reasons that the citizenry is roused to action.
Defeat at the next election resolves the problem, but perhaps merely “voting for the other person” is not quite enough; adding a “never to be allowed on any ballot in this state ever again” option for the failing office holder might be sufficient to disparage ignoring one’s constituency. Adding that option to each entry on a ballot is a trivial task for the printing firm, somewhat more challenging, however worthwhile, to establishing the necessary requirements in law.