Posted October 1, 2019 12:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Gun people don’t like being told what to do.

Correction on that. They don’t necessarily mind being told what to do by people they respect so long as the effort isn’t by force of law. For example, the best names in the gun community can tell people to lock up their vehicle guns and no one really bats an eye. After all, even if it’s issued as a command, it’s still just a piece of advice that people can dismiss if it doesn’t fit their needs.

Yet when a lawmaker creates a bill mandating that very thing, well, it’s not a good thing.

State Rep. Mark White is searching for a remedy to calm Republicans’ nerves over his legislation requiring weapons to be secured when kept in vehicles.

White, an East Memphis Republican, put House Bill 801 on hold in April this year because of consternation it would make criminals out of law-abiding Tennesseans who have guns stolen from their cars.

The measure would have created a Class A misdemeanor for leaving a firearm or ammunition unattended or with a person under 18 in a car or boat, if the gun is not locked within a trunk, glove box or interior of …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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