Incrementalism with respect to Right to carry in Tennessee.

[Worriedman]

Thought you would like to see the fruit of our research:

Tennessee’s modern handgun permit law was enacted in 1994 at which time the Democrats controlled the office of Governor as well as the Legislature. That law was amended in 1996 when the “current” handgun law (TCA 39-17-1351) was enacted as 1996 Tennessee Laws Pub. Ch. 905 (H.B. 2381) on May 8, 1996.  It was substantially amended in 1997. Since then, Tennessee’s handgun permit law has seen regular incremental amendments to the point that it is practically impossible for most civilians – and legislators – to know the history:

2000 Pub.Acts, c. 947, § 8C, eff. June 23, 2000

2001 Pub.Acts, c. 218, § 1, eff. May 15, 2001

2002 Pub.Acts, c. 601, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002

2003 Pub.Acts, c. 300, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 1, 2003

2003 Pub.Acts, c. 349, §§ 1, 2, eff. June 13, 2003

2004 Pub.Acts, c. 483, §§ 1, 2, eff. April 8, 2004

2004 Pub.Acts, c. 776, § 1, eff. May 28, 2004

2005 Pub.Acts, c. 343, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005

2005 Pub.Acts, c. 423, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005

[Note: In 2007 Republicans gain control of the Senate and Ron Ramsey takes control as Lt. Governor with the help of a vote from Democrat Senator Rosalind Kurita who was later stripped of her party affiliation]

2008 Pub.Acts, c. 1174, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008

[Note: In 2009, Republicans gained a 50-49 majority in the House and Kent Williams, a Republican became speaker when he voted for himself along with all members of the Democrat caucus]

2009 Pub.Acts, c. 101, § 1, eff. April 27, 2009

2009 Pub.Acts, c. 433, § 1, eff. June 12, 2009

2009 Pub.Acts, c. 578, §§ 10, 11, eff. Jan. 1, 2010

2010 Pub.Acts, c. 1009, § 4, eff. June 4, 2010

[Note: Bill Haslam wins the race for governor in 2010 and in January 2011 becomes Governor to serve with Republicans controlling both houses of the Legislature]

2012 Pub.Acts, c. 848, §§ 26, 27, eff. May 15, 2012

2013 Pub.Acts, c. 236, § 35, eff. April 19, 2013

2013 Pub.Acts, c. 270, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013

2014 Pub.Acts, c. 866, § 1

2014 Pub.Acts, c. 866, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016

2015 Pub.Acts, c. 281, §§ 1 to 3, eff. July 1, 2015

2015 Pub.Acts, c. 459, § 5, eff. July 1, 2015

2016 Pub.Acts, c. 736, §§ 1 to 8

2016 Pub.Acts, c. 875, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017

2016 Pub.Acts, c. 903, § 1; 2016 Pub.Acts, c. 925, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016

2016 Pub.Acts, c. 1037, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017

2017 Pub.Acts, c. 159, § 1, eff. April 24, 2017

2017 Pub.Acts, c. 247, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2018

2018 Pub.Acts, c. 690, § 1, eff. April 9, 2018

[Note: Bill Lee was elected Governor in 2018 and took office beginning in 2019. The Legislature continues under control of a super majority of Republicans]

2018 Pub.Acts, c. 865, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019

2018 Pub.Acts, c. 903, §§ 3, 5, eff. July 1, 2018

2019 Pub.Acts, c. 109, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019

2019 Pub.Acts, c. 345, § 54, eff. May 10, 2019

2019 Pub.Acts, c. 367, § 1

2019 Pub.Acts, c. 396, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019

2019 Pub.Acts, c. 479, §§ 3, 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2020

2020 Pub.Acts, c. 804, § 1, eff. July 15, 2020

2021 Pub.Acts, c. 64, § 46, eff. March 29, 2021

2021 Pub.Acts, c. 108, § 6, eff. July 1, 2021

2021 Pub.Acts, c. 195, § 1, eff. April 22, 2021

2021 Pub.Acts, c. 219, §§ 8, 9, eff. April 22, 2021.

 

41 changes to the original bill.  Say the ball was kicked into the end zone, and came out to the 20.  80 yards to go to score per change would be less than 2 yards per play, that does not get you a first down and you turn the ball over.

The time to act is now, with what we see in Washington, Tennessee needs to step up and return the Right to arms to the Citizens sans a permission slip from government, as existed in 1796 when we became a State.

HB 2524 by Sexton does this, we need cosponsors now, as the rush to sine die is on, and, the clock is running out.