Tennessee Firearms Assoc. Inc.

The Amercian public has lost control and nothing can be done. You can see it everywhere. We no longer vote for best candidate because there is no best candidate, we have forced ourselves into voting for the lesser of 2 evils. The judges have the ability to "interpret" the law, and no longer have to enforce it. We have no recourse either way. If we don't like what a politican does, we can vote for another but chances are we don't like the other one even more or the other one will do worse. With the judges, we have no option but to appeal and nothing gets done to a judge unless the are involved in criminal activity. The government simply does not care about what you and I think or want, they are on their own agendas.

John referred to statemen, there are very few left they are mostly politicians. Our government and judicial system have the ability to determine what is open to interpretation and what is the letter of the law, and that changes from system to system depending on the agenda and financial needs. Why do you think in Knoxville the city police are patroling the interstate instead of busting hookers and drug dealers on Central Ave or Magnolia? The upper management for police dept realize that speeding tickets generate revenue, but the hookers and drug dealers don't. Everywhere else I have been the highway patrol is responsible for the interstate. Don't get me wrong I have the highest respect for our law enforcement, I realize that it is not the ones on patrol making these decisions it is the "upper echelon".

This is not a modern day problem, this has been building for many years. The problem, as I see it, is the Americans in general have become way too complacent.

Atomic Taco, may I respectfully say what a good post you have there. I mostly agree except to say that you are obviously better than I am in that you say you highly respect law enforcement people. In my case, I know that so many of them are now corrupt that, while I still respect the VERY FEW of them who I personally know to be honest, I look at all the rest with suspicion and NO trust until they earn it.

There is so much big money made in the govt. so called, "DRUG WAR" community (LEO's, judges, mayors, police chiefs, and lets not leave out the feddies) that we have the very exact same situation here now that we did during the prohibition years except that then the item was illegal bootleg whiskey where now it is drugs.

One thing for sure; once they become accustomed to breaking the law where those matters are concerned as well as legalized stealing called forfeiture, our rights to carry will mean nothing to them.

I still have a FEW friends who are LEO's who I trust/respect, but I've seen so many of them go the crooked/illegal route who I neither trust nor respect.

Sadly/Respectfully, RNMEDIC