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March 25, 2021
Speaker Cameron Sexton indicates his intent to let amendments be considered on the Governor's bill
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Brian Wilson, the radio host on Nashville's 99.7 FM, had Speaker Cameron
Sexton on his show on Monday, March 29, 2021, during which they
discussed at length the status of the Governor's Bill (Senate Bill 765 /
House Bill 786) which is set to be debated on the House Floor tonight.
Brian
Wilson specifically asked about the status of the bill as well as the
proposed amendments that TFA has been asking House members to offer to
significantly improve the bill to the point that any person who can
legally possess a firearm in Tennessee could carry it. One concern has
been that even if the amendments were offered that procedural
shenanigans in the House might be invoked to shut down the proposed
amendments with no debate, consideration or vote on the merits.
Speaker Cameron Sexton indicates in the interview
with Brian Wilson that he, as Speaker, expects that the amendments will
be considered on the merits and that they will be "on the board" which
is a reference to a roll call vote. He says that there will not be
tabling motions on the amendments but there will be "up or down" votes
on the proposed amendments. This indicates that the calls and efforts of
TFA members has been having a strong influence!
Speaker
Sexton said he expects that there will be 58 to 62 votes for the
Governor's bill without amendments and potentially approximately 10
Republicans are expected to vote against even the Governor's bill.
Speaker
Sexton did express a concern that the Democrats might try to put some
"poison" amendments on the bill to kill it. But, with only 26
Democrats they could not put a "poison" amendment on the Governor's bill
unless all of them support it and at least 25 Republicans to vote with the Democrats to adopt the "poison" amendment.
If there are that many Republicans in the House caucus who oppose the
clear mandate of the Second Amendment, we need to know who they are.
Speaker Cameron Sexton would do Second Amendment advocates and the
Republican party a huge favor by identifying them and helping voters
prune the tree of the GOP to make sure it has fewer elected officials
who cannot stomach the levels of freedom and liberty that the Second
Amendment mandates.
Keep
the calls coming. If you can, come to the Legislature tonight and be
seen observing and supporting, respectfully, those legislators who are
offering the TFA amendments from the floor!
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Executive Director
johnharris@tennesseefirearms.com
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