Even if you don't live in TN and just vacation or pass through the state, this piece of legislation is important to you.
Please call/email/send a post card to the conference committee members (contact info in TFA notice) and clearly say that permit holders are uniformly more responsible as a group as is demonstrated by the requirement for a background check and that and that since permit holders in other states safely carry in establishments that serve alcohol without ridiculous fantasies of Hollywood shootouts coming true TN, and visitor, permit holder can be expected to be as responsible as those in Indiana.
Please call/email/send a post card to the conference committee members (contact info in TFA notice) and clearly say that permit holders are uniformly more responsible as a group as is demonstrated by the requirement for a background check and that and that since permit holders in other states safely carry in establishments that serve alcohol without ridiculous fantasies of Hollywood shootouts coming true TN, and visitor, permit holder can be expected to be as responsible as those in Indiana.
Tennessee Firearms Association, Inc.
Legislative Action Committee
The House voted on April 30 not to accept the Senate bill - for a 2nd time. That triggered the appointment of a conference committee.
The committee meeting is tentatively scheduled on Monday, May 4 at 2:00 PM in LP31.
The House Conference Members are Todd, McCord, Armstrong, Bass, Casada
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/
Senate Conference Members are: Jackson, Finney, Burchett, Stanley, Beavers
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/senate/members/
I would strongly recommend phone calls to all conference members. I suspect we don't have to worry about the Senate members but we need to encourage the House members.
Be firm. Insist that the conference committee adopt and recommend the Senate action. The one possible qualification on the Senate action would be stripping out the definition of a restaurant, however, its a good bill even with that language still in.