Sen. Mae BeaversState lawmakers are pulling the old switcheroo on the unsuspecting public. In the House, they voted to give cities and counties the option of voting to allow handguns into their playgrounds and parks. In the Senate Judiciary Committee, they're changing the bill to allow guns on playgrounds unless local governments vote to outlaw them. Little Johnny might want to start wearing his Kevlar vest to Little League games.
According to Sen. Mae Beavers, the committee's chair (we know,
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We were a more than a little surprised to arrive at the Exit/In for the first Rock the Block event of 2010 to find that not only was the place warmer than our frigid flophouse, but it was also full of people -- fuckin' sweet, dude. And we don't want to jinx anything by saying it out loud, but we're definitely thinking that the Meltface music collective may be the harbingers of the Murfreesboro comeback we've been not-so-sec