Tennessee Legislative Committee Assignments for 2017-2018 & the 2nd Amendment

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The 2017-2018 Tennessee Legislative Committee Assignments are out and…

Tennessee –-(Ammoland.com)- Every two years in an odd number year the Tennessee Legislature starts a new “session”.

Tennessee started the 110th General Assembly this week. Typically, the legislators come to Nashville at the start of a session, take their statutory oaths, are given some information from leadership and committee assignments are made and then the legislature recesses for about two weeks for reconfiguration and housekeeping before the sausage making starts.

When these elected legislators, each representing distinct groups of constituents of the state, come to Nashville to start a session they are required to take a constitutionally required oath of service. Article X, Section 2 contains the oath:

“I ………. do solemnly swear (or affirm) that as a member of this General Assembly, I will, in all appointments, vote without favor, affection, partiality, or prejudice; and that I will not propose or assent to any bill, vote or resolution, which shall appear to me injurious to the people, or consent to any act or thing, whatever, that shall have a tendency to lessen …Read the Rest

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