House vote permits guns in more places

[Guest jackdog]

will send emails in the AM. Hate to me a pain but this just seems to damn easy hope I'm wrong.

[Marswolf]

Right now, the issues are clear to a lot of people who normally don't think of carry laws and such. They were properly outraged that something might have been done to prevent the extent of the tragedy at Virginia Tech. By now, that fervor has died down a bit and in a couple of weeks most will have other things in their life more important that pushing their legislator for a change in the gun laws.

This probably has a long way to go. The secret to long term success is to elect good people to the legislature.

Push now - carefully. Write letters and call your House legislators. Contact the Senate folks too, if you like and the Governor. But make sure the calls and letters don't sound like a bunch of crackpots. Reason and calm resolve are the properties you need to convey. You want to be able to carry a concealed handgun in place currently off limits so you can protect yourself and your family.

[Trader]

I emailed my Senator and Representative at 9:31 this morning. At 9:56 I got a response from my Senator saying he is in firm support of SB 2143. Still waiting to hear from my congressman but I know he will be voting for the house bill. Got to love East TN.

[Guest Kingfish]

Bill is dead for this session.