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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Legislature / Woods Now If We Could Only Do Away with Background Checks ...

Posted by Jeff Woods on Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:38 AM

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The National Rifle Association, er, I mean the Tennessee General Assembly also is about to stop requiring gun dealers to take the thumbprints of their customers. Turns out, gun dealers don't know how to do it correctly. So instead of teaching them, we're just going to stop making them do it. That makes sense, doesn't it? Before voting to seal handgun permit records this morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee decided to drop the thumbprint requirement from the law. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's Nancy Myers said gun buyers are nice enough to give their names, so all we have to do is check those names against the list of convicted felons, and everything's A-OK. "Does the TBI have any concern about firearms being sold to people who are not legitimate?" Sen. Beverly Marrero asked. What a stupid question! Update: The Tennessee Democratic Party's April Fools joke.

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Idiot. They don't run the prints they just keep them on file in case they ever find the weapon used in a crime and guess what? Legally bought guns account for 1/1000th of one percent of gun crimes...and the prints taken in TN have never been used ONCE to solve a crime. They dropped this in GA a few years ago...never been a problem.
It is a waste of time and effort. The NICS system alone works just fine to screen buyers.
Got any real proof that this is a problem or is this just more chicken little BS from Jeff Woods?

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Posted by Kevin on 04/01/2009 at 11:19 AM

So what do all of the pro-Second Amendment Democrats in the General Assembly think of being ridiculed by their party chair? Doug Jackson? Hank Fincher? Eric Stewart? Ben West? Lowe Finney? What do you think about being called idiots by Chip Forrester because you support the Second Amendment?

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Posted by Heatseeker on 04/01/2009 at 1:24 PM

I would take is a badge of honor, personally but I doubt they that honestly give a crap what some braindead bootlicker says...

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Posted by Kevin on 04/01/2009 at 1:43 PM

"Braindead bootlicker" about sums up Chip Forrester, Kevin. He's one of the foremost proponents of an income tax in Tennessee and he's a vehement opponent of our Second Amendment rights.
Could Chipper be any more out of line with our Tennessee values?

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Posted by Heatseeker on 04/01/2009 at 2:10 PM
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