The Tennessee Firearms Association presented the state legislature with the "GOOSE EGG AWARD" as the 111th General Assembly ended its two-year session after an all night session last week.

The Tennessee Firearms Association reports that seven bills appear to have been passed by both the House and Senate. Three of the bills create or expand "special classes" of citizens who either get their handgun permits at the cost and on the backs of taxpayers or they create special "privileges" for certain categories of civilian handgun permit holders (generally government employees who are allowed to carry firearms as civilians in places where other permit holders are prohibited). One bill has to do with teacher licensing. Three of the bills have to do with hunting related topics.

The lobbying group claims that none of the substantive bills that would have removed or rolled back infringements on the rights protected by the 2nd Amendment and declared as a matter of constitutional law to be free from government "infringement" passed the legislature.

Once again, the Tennessee Legislature is awarded the "Goose Egg" award for its collective efforts to repeal or reduce infringements on our rights as protected by the 2nd Amendment with special recognition going to the Senate this year.