Sure hope this goes through.
Am still scratching my head over this quote. It is from a LEO of all folks!
"...the last thing Tennessee needs is gun legislation that will allow for permitless , unconstitutional handguns that are either concealed or unconcealed without a permit"
"I fully support the Second Amendment, but we face the challenge of managing the coronavirus pandemic across the state and across the world," Rallings said.
What does "supporting" the 2nd Amendment have to do with managing the coronavirus? There's a bit of a stretch.
"And the last thing Tennessee needs is gun legislation that will allow for permitless, unconstitutional handguns that are either concealed or unconcealed without a permit."
"The bill primarily sponsored by Republican State Rep. William Lamberth is estimated to cost local authorities more than $20 million in increased spending and lost revenues."
I don't understand this. Licenses are issued by the state (not local authorities), so why is there lost revenue at the local level? And, why will local authorities spend more money?
Local authorities will probably spend more money on security theater screening. Even park grounds in TN can be legally off-limits with screening. They also have signage laws.
Tennessee has a process in which bills are assigned a fiscal note, which is supposed to estimate the cost to the State that the proposed legislation will cause. Assigning fiscal notes is one way to kill a bill by dramatically overestimating the financial impact of the bill. I assume the bill's sponsor had to come up with a number, and if it was not reasonable, then the fiscal review committee would come up with their own number, which may not be more accurate, but could negatively affect the bill.
Fiscal notes on bills give RINOs an excuse to vote against gun bills by claiming it will hurt the State finances. Tennessee does not have an income tax, so they look everywhere else to squeeze out money.
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