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What’s The Word For This Again?
Welcome, Crooks & Liars! Y’all think maybe these two stories are related? Story one: Tennessee’s attorney general again says federal gun laws must stand The latest attempt by state lawmakers to...
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Tennessee Gun Report
Busy week! Three accidental shootings in our report — if you include the one in Hendersonville. Unfortunately, I don’t have a link to the story; the news was reported by the morning anchor on WTVF but,...
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How Not To Meet With Citizens
Nashville representatives of Moms Demand Action say they were greeted with guns and lectures about rape when they met with Republican state legislators on background checks last month: Linda...
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Time Keeps On Ticking Into The Future
Today we sprang forward, part of our annual Daylight Savings Time ritual. I usually hate springing forward because you “lose” an hour but I get over it as soon as I realize that holy cow it’s 6:00 and...
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Tennessee Gun Report
Forgot to post this yesterday. Sorry. • March 11, 2014 1- I don’t normally post gun crimes in the gun report but this one was notable: three masked gunmen robbed a Mt. Juliet Goodwill store. Say what?...
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Isn’t She Special
Y’all probably don’t watch The Real Housewives Of New York City, which I admit is an occasional guilty pleasure of mine (don’t judge! Dorito’s for the brain, cripes, even I need to unwind every now and...
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Tennessee Gun Report
One accidental shootings and plenty of gun loonery this week. • March 19, 2014: 1- A Roane County man who’s been charged with reckless endangerment for shooting an SKS assault rifle at Tiger Haven...
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Tennessee Gun Report
[UPDATE]: Big news from SCOTUS today: WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court says a federal law barring people convicted of minor domestic violence offenses from possessing guns can be enforced even in...
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“She Didn’t Ask”
Tennessee Gov. Haslam, who refuses to expand the state’s Medicaid program, preferring to let the state’s poor get sick and die (I suppose), while also claiming to have some kind of super-secret...
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Tick Tock
An update on this story from last month about Rep. Curry (DUI) Todd’s effort to exempt Tennessee from daylight savings time: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An effort to exempt Tennessee from daylight saving...
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Things Don’t Go Better With Koch
You know what I always say: nothing screams “small government” like a national corporate astroturf group getting your state legislature to crush a municipal transit project. This won’t mean anything to...
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Tennessee Gun Report
Lots of loonery this week, plus one (possibly two) accidental shootings. Enjoy. • March 31, 2014: This is one outrageous piece of gun loonery out of Chattanooga: A woman’s teenage boyfriend fired five...
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Good News Friday
Lots of good news this week and I’m going to be out of pocket most of the day so enjoy and behave yourselves! • Married same-sex couples now qualify for Medicare benefits. • A UN court has halted...
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TN Senate Approves Open Carry, No Permit Required
So, this just happened: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The state Senate has passed a bill to allow Tennesseans to openly carry guns without a state-issued permit. The chamber voted 25-2 in favor of the bill...
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Tennessee Gun Report
We had three accidental shootings this week, plus a whole passel of gun cray. In light of yesterday’s action by the state Senate to approve open carry/no permits required, public safety has just taken...
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Tennessee Gun Report
Today in “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” comes news that Remington Arms has recalled two models due to faulty triggers which can cause accidental shootings, or if you prefer the more...
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Today In Tennessee Banning Things
As our legislative session limps to a close, let’s look at what our elected representatives decided we can’t have: • Bus Rapid Transit — Applies only to Davidson County (Nashville) and Moore County....
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It City Status Officially Revoked
Yesterday Nashville tore down this gorgeous 135-year-old mansion on Music Row to make way for Richard Branson’s new Virgin Nashville Hotel: Sorry I don’t have a better picture. Nobody saw this coming....
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Tennessee Gun Report
We’ve got two accidental shootings this week and our usual bumper crop of lunacy and idiocy. Enjoy. • April 22, 2014: 1- Good grief: KINGSPORT — A woman arrested on driver’s license offenses now faces...
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“You’re Looking Sad, Master Race”
“Tens” of neo-Nazis tried to rally in Chattanooga yesterday, but they were drowned out by the jeers, laughter, and heckling of hundreds of counterprotestors: At times, the scene was farcical. A woman...
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