NRA: Important 2nd Amendment Legislation in the Volunteer State

[TGO David]

Important Second Amendment Legislation Moving Forward

in the Volunteer State!

Please Contact Your State Representative Today!

Two important Right-to-Carry reform bills will be heard before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, April 25.

House Bill 132, sponsored by Representative Mike Bell (R-23), would allow aperson with a handgun carry permit to possess a firearm in all public hunting areas, refuges, wildlife management areas, and national forests managed by the state; and

House Bill 2184, sponsored by Representative Frank Niceley (R-17), would allow any resident, who has a valid handgun carry permit, to possess his or her handgun while within the boundaries of any state park.

Please call the House Judiciary Committee today at (615) 741-1351 or 1-800-449-8366 and urge them to support and vote “YES” to HB 132 and HB 2184.

House Judiciary Committee Members:

Representative Rob Briley (D-52), Chair: (615) 741-2184; rep.rob.briley@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Kent Colman (D-49), Vice-Chair: (615) 741-6829;rep.kent.coleman@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Janis Sontany (D-53), (615) 741-6861; rep.janis.sontany@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Eddie Bass (D-65), (615) 741-1864; rep.eddie.bass@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Frank Buck (D-40), (615) 741-3817; rep.frank.buck@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Tom DuBois (R-64), (615) 741-7444; rep.tom.dubois@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Henry Fincher (D-42), (615) 741-1875; rep.henry.fincher@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Jon Lundberg (R-1), (615) 741-7623; rep.jon.lundberg@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Judd Matheny (R-47), (615) 741-7448; rep.judd.matheny@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Eric Watson (R-22), (615) 741-7799; eric.watson@legislature.state.tn.us

Also, House Bill 1285, the “Emergency Powers” legislation could be heard before the full House any day.

HB 1285, sponsored by Representative Dolores Gresham (R-94), would protect our Second Amendment rights during a state of emergency by prohibiting any government agency from regulating the lawful sale, possession, transfer, transport and carry of firearms.

Please call your State Representative at 1-800-449-8366 and urge him or her to support and vote “YES” to HB 1285.

If you need help identifying your State Representative, please click

here.

To find further contact information or help identifying your legislators

please use the "Write Your Representative" feature found at www.NRAILA.org.

[waynesan]

Thanks Tungsten. I'll call in the morning.

[Guest Steelharp]

The link marked "here" above gives info on the folks in Washington; I'm assuming this is a local state issue? How do we find our local in-state reps, like the ones listed individually above in the House Judiciary Committee? I believe my guy in Gallatin is Mike McDonald, but I'd like to be absolutely sure.

[towerclimber37]

here you go mike

http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/

go to maps and it should give you your district.

[SkWaShDeM]

House Judiciary Committee Members:

Representative Rob Briley (D-52), Chair: (615) 741-2184; rep.rob.briley@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Kent Colman (D-49), Vice-Chair: (615) 741-6829;rep.kent.coleman@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Janis Sontany (D-53), (615) 741-6861; rep.janis.sontany@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Eddie Bass (D-65), (615) 741-1864; rep.eddie.bass@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Frank Buck (D-40), (615) 741-3817; rep.frank.buck@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Tom DuBois (R-64), (615) 741-7444; rep.tom.dubois@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Henry Fincher (D-42), (615) 741-1875; rep.henry.fincher@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Jon Lundberg (R-1), (615) 741-7623; rep.jon.lundberg@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Judd Matheny (R-47), (615) 741-7448; rep.judd.matheny@legislature.state.tn.us

Representative Eric Watson (R-22), (615) 741-7799; eric.watson@legislature.state.tn.us

I'm in shock. A major committee in the state house without a single representative from Memphis or West Tennessee on it? How is that possible?

In order, top to bottom:

Davidson, Rutherford, Davidson, Giles/Marshall, Macon/Smith/DeKalb, Maury, Putnam, Sullivan, Coffee, Polk Counties.

[tnroadrunner]

Sent my Rep. an email this morning.

[waynesan]

Just got off the phone. I called every single member on the committee using the 800# and spoke to the staff or left message. I called during lunch so I guess a lot of them were out.

Using the 800# is a little time consuming because you have to go through a couple of "punch in your number requests" but after a couple of calls you get your speed up and it goes faster.

Sometimes when you call for things like this you may wonder if it makes a difference. (I do) But when one of the staff folks answered the phone and I told her what I was calling for, she asked if I had just called another rep and left a message for the same thing. I said "Yeah, I'm calling everyone on the committee'. She said she had just listened to the message for the other rep (she works for both of them) and had pulled up the Bill Numbers to give to him. So I guess the message does reach the reps.

One of the reps staff (didn't catch which one) just called back to tell me she had got my message. She said there had been ten calls today in support of the legislation and she was sure he would support it.

Get to work guys and make those calls.