Stability evaluation part of gun solution? and more letters to the editors
Part of the Second Amendment language could provide a solution to the problem of how to keep guns from falling into the hands of the wrong people.
Part of the Second Amendment language could provide a solution to the problem of how to keep guns from falling into the hands of the wrong people.
For someone like myself who identifies as a PWS (person who stutters), Mark Kennedy's column last week, "Chattanooga business man remembers being called out for stuttering," hit the mark.
Olympic class, yet obvious, head fake. Gov. Lee calls for reasonable gun legislation. Legislature pulls up tent stakes and leaves town. Perfect score for choreography.
They'd never allow a bar next to a Baptist church, but next to an Islamic Center, where worshipers come and go, it's OK. Shameful, disrespectful.
Nothing beats fair weather legislation.
The recent expulsion of two representatives from the Tennessee House has unleashed yet another round of shrill cries of threats to "our democracy" — the loudest protests from those who ought to know better.
I can only assume that Jim Irwin with New City Properties normally drives to Chattanooga from Atlanta or he would know that as you pass beautiful Lookout Mountain from the west, the gorgeous Tennessee River with Moccasin Bend and Stringers Ridge in the background is now and always has been the spectacular gateway to Chattanooga.
The three state representatives (Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson) have shown this is not about school shootings, guns or safety.
When Rep. Justin Jones, a Black state lawmaker, was reinstated Monday, four days after the Republican supermajority expelled him for breaching the "decorum" of the House with a gun control protest, it reminded me of comedian Jerry Seinfeld's joke about some men's efforts to attract women.
Seriously? The callous reaction on the part of our lawmakers, both state and federal, to the violent death of three children and three adults in a Nashville school is stunning.