Tennessee Firearms Assoc. Inc.

House District 60 has been held by Rep. Ben West Jr for 26 years. Rep. West has been a consistent sponsor and supporter of the rights of Tennessee firearms owners. He has voted favorably on these bills consistently.

One of the Democrats running for his seat is Tommy Bradley. Mr. Bradley is a former Metro councilman and a leading contender for the primary win. The winner of the primary will take on Republican Jim Gotto in November.

The Tennessean is reporting this morning that Mr. Bradley is opposed to the recently enacted, re-enacted and twice vetoed/overriden legislation to allow permit holders to carry into restaurants that serve alcohol and similar establishments so long as the property is not posted.

Given the debate over this issue for the last few years, it is imperative that Tennessee's firearms owners know the positions of those desiring public office and shut the door loudly on those who continue to disregard the fundamental rights of citizens, particularly now that this right is so clearly recognized by the United States Supreme Court.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100 ... ean+to+GOP

Those seeking State offices need to be asked if they support the WORDING of the State Constitution and, in particular, Article I, Section 26 which actually supercedes the 2nd Amendment. According to the 9th and 10th Amendments rights or liberties are reserved to the States and to the people. The Constition is "the Supreme Law of the Land", NOT the Federal Government accordinly:


The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. --9th Amendment

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. --10th Amendment

As the original wordsmith of the Constitution explains:

"The powers delegated ... to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, [such] as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce. ... The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people."--James Madison

It is the duty of any elected State official to support the words of our State Constitution which enumerates our RIGHT to keep and bear (carry) arms for self-defense which is not connected with any membership in an organized militia.