{"id":96391,"date":"2020-02-28T07:22:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T12:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=96391"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:17","slug":"governor-bill-lee-announces-constitutional-carry-legislation-for-tn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=96391","title":{"rendered":"Governor Bill Lee announces \u2018Constitutional Carry\u2019 legislation for TN"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrn.com\/news\/governor-bill-lee-introduces-legislation-to-remove-handgun-carry-permits-within-tennessee\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bill-Lee1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Second Amendment is clear and concise and secures the freedoms of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms,\u201d said Gov. Bill Lee. \u201cI am pleased to announce Constitutional Carry legislation today that will protect the Second Amendment rights of Tennesseans, while also stiffening penalties on criminals who steal or illegally possess firearms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gun Nutz should be rejoicing.\u00a0 Soon, they will be able to galavant through the hollers of the &#8220;Volunteer State&#8221; armed to the teeth.\u00a0 \u00a0Of course, now they will have to deal with the same kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americashealthrankings.org\/explore\/annual\/measure\/Crime\/state\/WV\">explosion in violent crime that &#8220;By God&#8221; West Virginia<\/a> has been enduring since its toddlers with guns initiative passed.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing screams Freedom more than giving Americans the nod to blaze away at their fellow citizens.\u00a0 Maybe one day these Gun Nutz will come to their senses and reverse this kind of chaos so they can enjoy the same kind of safety and progressive tranquility that places like Baltimore, MD or Chicago, IL enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to Lee, Tennessee will join 16 other states in the United States by introducing a constitutional carry law. It allows law-abiding citizens who are 21 or older accepted in restricted areas. With the new law comes great responsibility as Tennessee has experienced an 85 percent increase in guns stolen from cars and trucks in 2016 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation also includes several increased penalties for firearm-related crime to promote public safety including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Increasing the penalty for theft of a firearm to a felony;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Providing a sentencing enhancement for theft of a firearm in a car;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Increasing the minimum sentence for theft of a firearm from 30 days to 180 days;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Increasing the sentences for unlawful possession of a firearm by violent felons and felony drug offenders, possession of a handgun by a felon, and unlawfully providing a handgun to a juvenile or allowing a juvenile to possess a handgun.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrn.com\/news\/governor-bill-lee-introduces-legislation-to-remove-handgun-carry-permits-within-tennessee\/\">Governor Bill Lee announces \u2018Constitutional Carry\u2019 legislation for TN | WKRN News 2<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Second Amendment is clear and concise and secures the freedoms of law-abiding citizens to keep &hellip; <a title=\"Governor Bill Lee announces \u2018Constitutional Carry\u2019 legislation for TN\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=96391\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Governor Bill Lee announces \u2018Constitutional Carry\u2019 legislation for TN<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":667,"featured_media":96392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gun-grabbing-fascists","category-guns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96393,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96391\/revisions\/96393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}