Speaker Kent Williams speaks out on new gun proposals

[Guest 270win]

This is smart logic....it is not safe to carry in a city park but it is in a state park? Who cares if someone has a permit/license. The thugs carry everywhere without paying any fee to the government.

[eapking]

Right! William's logic makes no sense. Can't believe he's in NRA.

[Garufa]

Right! William's logic makes no sense. Can't believe he's in NRA.

The only requirement for being in the NRA is $35.

[Guest JeepMonkey]

The only requirement for being in the NRA is $35.

Only $25 now...or at least it was for me. Edited February 13, 2009 by JeepMonkey

[res308]

Above average intelligence is not a requirement to hold elective office in the State of Tennessee.

Apparently even AVERAGE intelligence is not a requirement for elected office in TN, as demonstrated by this bonehead Williams.

Edited February 15, 2009 by res308

[Guest voigts]

After reading around a bit, I hadn't realized just what a backstabber this Williams is. It should pose no surprise that he would waffle and double-speak on gun issues.

I have yet to figure out why governments can't figure out that its not the people that go through the trouble to have permits that they need to be worried about. Its the people that carry illegally that are the problem.

[Falcon1]

I have yet to figure out why governments can't figure out that its not the people that go through the trouble to have permits that they need to be worried about. Its the people that carry illegally that are the problem.

I think most of the folks in government know that very well. But, to paraphrase Jeffrey Snyder in "A Nation of Cowards," the random havoc caused by murderers, rapists, and thugs is less of a threat to them than an armed populace prepared to defend themselves.

Here is a link for those who would like to read it:

http://www.rkba.org/comment/cowards.html

[Guest jackdog]

I think most of the folks in government know that very well. But, to paraphrase Jeffrey Snyder in "A Nation of Cowards," the random havoc caused by murderers, rapists, and thugs is less of a threat to them than an armed populace prepared to defend themselves.

Here is a link for those who would like to read it:

http://www.rkba.org/comment/cowards.html

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[wjh2657]

As a Libertarian I said long before this election that we are in as much danger from Republicans as we are from Democrats. It's just that the Democrats are more up front about it. The Republicans are just as likely to take our rights away, they just don't admit to doing it. The Democrats do it and brag about it, the Republicans do it and lie about it. Either way elected officials as a group are not our friends. I am not liberal and I was a Republican for 20 + years, but I am not any more trusting of the red than I am of the blue! I look at the voting history and philosophy of the individual, not their party affiliation.

[BigPoppa]

The only requirement for being in the NRA is $35.

Be it $ 25 or $ 35, either way they are going to spend $ 91 sending you in the mail every 3 days. This is one of the things about the NRA that chaps my butt.