Doesn’t it strike anyone as odd that there is so much consternation about shootings in Chattanooga and gunfire in local neighborhoods, yet our state lawmakers are busily trying to undo local laws that prohibit that gunfire and gun carrying?
Georgia lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on a bill that allows guns in bars, churches, airports and certain government buildings.
Tennessee has already made those changes and more — all weeks and months ago. In Tennessee, people already can take guns pretty much anywhere — meanwhile, we can’t talk about sex at a university.
But it’s still not enough for Tennessee lawmakers who seem only able to smell the money — not the gun smoke — of the NRA and other pro-gun groups.
Now Volunteer State lawmakers are working feverishly on National Rifle Association-backed bills to prohibit local governments from banning guns in their own city and county parks or other areas. One NRA web- site highlights no fewer than eight such bills making their way toward passage in Tennessee.