Tennesseans for Liberty

URGENT ACTION ALERT

2009 was one of the most dramatic years that Tennessee’s firearms owners have seen since the era from 1994 through 1997 when Tennessee overhauled its handgun permit laws.  In 2009, Tennessee’s firearms owners were able to help push through their longstanding demands for the repeal of various laws which prohibited possession by handgun [...]

New legislation targeting nutritional supplements would considerably broaden the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) already expansive regulatory authority by allowing the FDA to impose draconian restrictions on developers, manufacturers, and sellers of nutritional products and on the products themselves.
The misleadingly titled Dietary Supplement Safety Act, introduced by Senator John McCain on February 4 as S. [...]

This is a report of bills which have had or are scheduled to have activity during February.
SB 0576*
HB 1807
(Full  Text) <http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB0576.pdf>  CRIMINAL LAW: Handgun permit holders to carry guns where alcohol  served. Allows any individual who has a permit to carry a handgun to  carry the gun into a location where alcohol is served for [...]

Rep. Eddie Bass <http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h65.html> , a retired county sheriff, has introduced a resolution in the Tennessee General Assembly affirming the role of the constitutional sheriff in Tennessee counties.  HJR771 <http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR0771> proposes an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution that would define the county sheriff as the chief law enforcement officer in his or her county.  The [...]