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Suck It, Bob Corker & Bill Haslam
The UAW now has enough members at the Chattanooga VW plant to begin holding meetings with plant officials. Formal recognition of the UAW is expected to follow: The company will reach out to the UAW in...
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Tennessee Gun Report
Back to our usual two accidental shootings a week, I see. Meanwhile, my local TV news says a woman fired shots at the Dept. of Children’s Services in downtown Nashville while someone else fired a gun...
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Tennessee Gun Report
Two accidental shootings this week, one fatal. • December 15, 2014: 1- A 6-year-old Memphis boy shot his 4-year-old sister in the face at their grandmother’s house. The gun was kept “for home...
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Tennessee Gun Report
I’m sure you’ve all heard about the Idaho woman/concealed carry permit holder who was shopping at Wal-mart when her toddler reached into her purse and shot her. She died on the scene. A tragic story,...
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2014 Tennessee #GunFAIL In Review
Ah, Tennessee and GunFAIL, we go together like cray and zee, like guns ‘n ammo, like “watch this” and “oops.” As promised, here are our Top 10 greatest hits (pun intended) from the preceding year....
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It’s The Infrastructure, Stupid
Pardon me while I get hyper-local for a bit. But to the current crop of candidates running for Mayor of Nashville and Metro Council, please take note of the following: Nashville has had yet another...
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Tennessee Gun Report: Facts Have A Known Liberal Bias
There’s yet another move afoot to send wet kisses to the NRA and allow guns in Tennessee’s parks. While the Depends crowd will no doubt bring up the threat of boogey men waiting to rape your women and...
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Black Ice
Chaka and Willie enjoy some playtime. This morning a local news reporter brought us the sad news of a traffic fatality in which “an SUV hit some black guys.” Swear to God. Kicking myself for not...
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Tennessee Gun Report
Been a while since I’ve done one of these — I just don’t have time to troll the local papers like I used to. That said, now is possibly the worst time for me to be slacking on the gun report: Nashville...
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Priorities, Tennessee-Style
Here’s a good reality check from Democratic State Senator Jeff Yarbro, whose district is in Nashville. He makes the point that I’ve been making for years: Tennessee is so gun-friendly, arms...
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When Is A Meeting Not A Meeting?
Well now, isn’t this special? It appears that Tennessee House committees are routinely meeting in secret to discuss pending legislation, but it’s not a violation of the state’s Sunshine Law because,...
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Congratulations, Unidentified TN Woman! You’re Our 2nd Amendment Hero Du Jour!
Welcome to Nashville, NRA members! For our third accidental shooting this week, let’s head south to Murfreesboro, where this happened: Once on the scene, the victim told Detective Gorham at 1 in the...
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Safety For Me But Not For Thee
Tennessee’s legislature has been focused on guns-in-parks legislation this week, which strips local governments of the right to ban handguns in parks. Yesterday the Senate voted to allow handguns in...
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More Hilarity From The Idiot We Know As Glen Casada
I’m sorry, but the House Republican press conference on gun legislation was just so full of stupidity, there simply isn’t enough bandwidth to share it all. Do read the whole thing. I especially liked...
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Congratulations, Matthew Johnson! You’re Our 2nd Amendment Hero Du Jour!
Wisconsin tourist with one of those useless Utah handgun carry permits got drunk in Nashville’s busy downtown tourist area, fired at a police officer, hit a tree and electrical box, ta da. And the...
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Is Glen Casada Lying Or Just Stupid?
Well, can you carry a gun into a park used by a school or not? And how do you define “use”? And what kind of park? Here to muddy the waters is our favorite Republican gun nut, Glen Casada! In that...
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Safety For Me But Not For Thee, v.2
Guns-in-Capitol amendment has been rejected. Well, well. I’m so confused. I thought “gun-free zones” were totally unsafe, you guys! Don’t our law-abiding legislators want to be able to protect...
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No, Thanks
There’s this fantasy among a lot of the CCW-adoring crowd that somehow, a “good guy with a gun” is going to save the rest of us in the event of a crime. They’re all just heroes in waiting, ready to...
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Tennessee Gun Report
I’ve been unable to keep on top of this because of work but as last week’s 2nd Amendment Heroes show, I really need to get back on it. Seriously, it was a bad week for gun loons here in Tennessee. This...
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Holy Loophole
I just love this story: A swinger’s club which had operated without incident for years near Nashville’s oh-so-hot Gulch neighborhood was recently forced to move because of a new mega-development going...
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