My email to Governor Phil Bredesen

[ngoeser59]

This was sent this morning......

Governor Bredesen,

I am sure you know by now I am dissapointed in your decision to veto the Restaurant Carry Bill (What you and your supporters call The Guns in Bars Bill). I am sorry if people have been too harsh with you and if you have received nasty emails from people that are extreme right wing. That is not me. I am pretty reasonable and I stay in the middle of the road mostly and try to listen to both sides. I will say this.....I don't understand why you don't trust Tennesseans in restaurants that serve alcohol. There are 36 other states that already have this same type law in place right now and it works. There are little to NO incidences in these states. Suzanna Hupp (of Luby's Cafeteria Massacre) told me on the phone the other day that her state of Texas has a law in place that allows permitted citizens to carry in Restaurants that serve alcohol and it is just fine there. Why do you want to scare people? Why do you want to ignore the statistics? I believe I could have saved my husband on April 2nd at Jonny's Sports Bar. Perhaps the man would have never gone through with it if he knew I had my gun on me. It could have been a deterent if anything. Especially if there were 10 other people in the Restaurant carrying as well. There may have not even been a shot that needed to be fired. I will never know, because you have an incredibly harmful law in place right now that makes innocent people "helpless" and at the mercy of people with evil intentions. I can tell you, if lawmakers were not protected from civil suits......I would have the largest home in Nashville that would put Alan Jackson's home to shame. All of you have a duty to pass laws that protect & help people. What did you do to help & protect my husband? Can you answer that for me? So you have now vetoed the bill......how will you protect innocent people from being shot like my husband was if you won't let us protect ourselves? What is your plan? Do you have one? It's all about politics isn't it. It's all about you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. You pass this bill or reject this bill and I will support you next time. This is ridiculous. I can also tell you that Chris Cox with the NRA called me and he is not happy with you at all. You lied to the NRA just so they would support you. I hope you will grow a conscience and really think about what you have done. I hope to meet you sometime soon. If you will even see me. I promise I will be a lady (my father raised me that way). But you & I do not see eye to eye on this issue and we never will. Please think about what you did.

Sincerely,

Edited June 2, 2009 by ngoeser59

[Guest benchpresspower]

As with alot of politicians, the blood is on his hands. Override...........HERE WE COME

[Mike.357]

I think I can speak for all of us here and say our hearts go out to you.

I don't know how you keep on keeping on. God Bless you and help you in this.

I hope the governor reads your email. I hope he loses sleep over it.

[Defender]

You go, girl!! VERY well written!

[Guest pws_smokeyjones]

That was simply outstanding. Very well done Nikki.

[TN9mm]

Well done Nikki, +1000 to you. I have said my peace as well (in a respectiful maner as you did), but it means so much more from you. God Bless you, keep being strong!

[Seaslug]

Bravo! You're an inspiration to the rest of us!

[Punisher84]

Great e-mail Nikki. I wish you best and Bredesen the worst.

[Guest Boomhower]

Very tastefully written.....thank you

And I am sorry to hear that about your husband......stay strong!

[Guest 3pugguy]

Miss Nikki - A well written letter and please accept my best thoughts and prayers for you and yours.

Barry

[Volzfan]

What they said!!!

Very good letter and I'm proud to know you through TGO and hope to meet you some day to say thanks in person for all that you have done for us!

God Bless you Nikki

[DMark]

Nikki,

HOOAH!

[kwe45919]

Awsome job. I wish my wife had your attitude.......

[creeky]

Very well written Ms. Goeser.

[Guest heavyd]

gret job,and be sure to let us know if he replies

[titan14]

She'll probably get the same freakin "canned response" that the rest of us did...

[Guest canynracer]

I got nothing from him...\

Nikki...Great job...well done!!

[DuallyNewt]

Great Job...:up:So sorry for your loss....

[Guest mustangdave]

I got an email this afternoon from the Gov's office...addressing my "concerns" and his reason why he veto'd the bill...I do have one more question for him though...Why...if ownership is a RIGHT...do we have to pay for the "privledge" to carry in this state?

[Guest tlondon]

great and tasteful e-mail Nikki. Thanks for being out front in this fight for our rights.

[Cherokee Slim]

Here is what I got today inresponse to my email to him:

June 3, 2009

Dear Richard and Ramona:

Thank you for contacting me about gun-related bills which have been considered by the General Assembly this year.

Let me be very clear: I am a strong supporter of the right to keep and bear arms. I am, and have always been, committed to preserving the rights of the Second Amendment. They are basic American rights, protected by the United States Constitution and the Tennessee Constitution as well. Even so, these rights, for more than two centuries, have come with reasonable and necessary rules and guidelines. For this reason, I carefully consider each bill that reaches my desk and evaluate it on its own merits.

As you know, I decided to veto House Bill 962, which would permit the possession of firearms in Tennessee restaurants and bars. In my view, this particular bill crossed the line of reason.

I have been a gun owner for more than 50 years. When I was a young man, I took my first gun safety class-sponsored by the NRA-at my high school. There was one message conveyed during that class that has been imprinted on me since, and it was this: guns and alcohol don't mix. That is as true today as it was then.

It is because of this principle that Tennessee state law has long prohibited the possession of firearms in places that serve alcohol. House Bill 962 would remove this safeguard in a manner that I, as well as many law enforcement officers, believe would be reckless and lacking safeguards to ensure public safety. A key role of government is to ensure public safety. To do that, government must strike a balance between the rights afforded to us by the Constitution and common-sense rules that must be applied to the exercise of these rights.

I believe we can exercise our second amendment rights and common sense at the same time - and guns and bars simply don't mix. Because of this, I vetoed this bill and respectfully asked the legislature to rethink this issue.

As other bills reach my desk-including legislation related to guns in parks, loaded firearms in automobiles, and others-I intend to review them carefully with both the Constitutional rights of gun owners and the safety of the general public in mind. Please be assured that your views are, and will remain, important to me on these issues and others related to state government.

Warmest regards,

Phil Bredesen

PB:jb

[Curiousgb]

Here is what I got today inresponse to my email to him:

June 3, 2009

Dear Richard and Ramona:

Thank you for contacting me about gun-related bills which have been considered by the General Assembly this year.

Let me be very clear: I am a strong supporter of the right to keep and bear arms. I am, and have always been, committed to preserving the rights of the Second Amendment. They are basic American rights, protected by the United States Constitution and the Tennessee Constitution as well. Even so, these rights, for more than two centuries, have come with reasonable and necessary rules and guidelines. For this reason, I carefully consider each bill that reaches my desk and evaluate it on its own merits.

As you know, I decided to veto House Bill 962, which would permit the possession of firearms in Tennessee restaurants and bars. In my view, this particular bill crossed the line of reason.

I have been a gun owner for more than 50 years. When I was a young man, I took my first gun safety class-sponsored by the NRA-at my high school. There was one message conveyed during that class that has been imprinted on me since, and it was this: guns and alcohol don't mix. That is as true today as it was then.

It is because of this principle that Tennessee state law has long prohibited the possession of firearms in places that serve alcohol. House Bill 962 would remove this safeguard in a manner that I, as well as many law enforcement officers, believe would be reckless and lacking safeguards to ensure public safety. A key role of government is to ensure public safety. To do that, government must strike a balance between the rights afforded to us by the Constitution and common-sense rules that must be applied to the exercise of these rights.

I believe we can exercise our second amendment rights and common sense at the same time - and guns and bars simply don't mix. Because of this, I vetoed this bill and respectfully asked the legislature to rethink this issue.

As other bills reach my desk-including legislation related to guns in parks, loaded firearms in automobiles, and others-I intend to review them carefully with both the Constitutional rights of gun owners and the safety of the general public in mind. Please be assured that your views are, and will remain, important to me on these issues and others related to state government.

Warmest regards,

Phil Bredesen

PB:jb

Looks alot like mine:

June 3, 2009

Dear George:

Thank you for contacting me about gun-related bills which have been considered by the General Assembly this year.

Let me be very clear: I am a strong supporter of the right to keep and bear arms. I am, and have always been, committed to preserving the rights of the Second Amendment. They are basic American rights, protected by the United States Constitution and the Tennessee Constitution as well. Even so, these rights, for more than two centuries, have come with reasonable and necessary rules and guidelines. For this reason, I carefully consider each bill that reaches my desk and evaluate it on its own merits.

As you know, I decided to veto House Bill 962, which would permit the possession of firearms in Tennessee restaurants and bars. In my view, this particular bill crossed the line of reason.

I have been a gun owner for more than 50 years. When I was a young man, I took my first gun safety class-sponsored by the NRA-at my high school. There was one message conveyed during that class that has been imprinted on me since, and it was this: guns and alcohol don't mix. That is as true today as it was then.

It is because of this principle that Tennessee state law has long prohibited the possession of firearms in places that serve alcohol. House Bill 962 would remove this safeguard in a manner that I, as well as many law enforcement officers, believe would be reckless and lacking safeguards to ensure public safety. A key role of government is to ensure public safety. To do that, government must strike a balance between the rights afforded to us by the Constitution and common-sense rules that must be applied to the exercise of these rights.

I believe we can exercise our second amendment rights and common sense at the same time - and guns and bars simply don't mix. Because of this, I vetoed this bill and respectfully asked the legislature to rethink this issue.

As other bills reach my desk-including legislation related to guns in parks, loaded firearms in automobiles, and others-I intend to review them carefully with both the Constitutional rights of gun owners and the safety of the general public in mind. Please be assured that your views are, and will remain, important to me on these issues and others related to state government.

Warmest regards,

Phil Bredesen

[Guest mustangdave]

Exactly like mine...word for word...FORM letter...friggin carpetbagger

[Guest m&pc9]

See that he turned it around and blamed it on the NRA.

[Guest illumina]

same exact answer I received.