As a lifelong Tennessee resident and daughter to an avid hunter, sister to an avid hunter and conservationist, I applaud the effort. Our state can do far better than just worrying about themselves. No one seems to care for others here until it happens to them.
Right you are and thank you for speaking up on this important issue. There IS middle ground, and common sense gun laws would save so much heartache. Along with that we have to go back and evaluate the values we are teaching and demonstrating for our children. Applauding success rather than failure in the social media could help as well. My daughter is now a Tennessee resident and we recently took a firearms class together.
LifeBridge Health System in Baltimore produced and is running a TV commercial called "Stop the Iron Pipeline" about the trafficking of guns along the I-95 corridor. Beautifully filmed with an original song by the rapper Logic, it is powerful and well-made. Rare for a health system to do this. I suggest the full 3-4 minute You Tube version.
I’m afraid that ship has sailed! Your only hope is to get the grandmothers, mothers & then grandfathers in rural ( see me for rural definition) firmly on your side!!!!
Bill: Your thoughts are important and need to be followed. A seeming majority of Tennesseans have forgotten that data and science (in all things) are important. Gun safety begins with a responsible use firearms not the free for all that exists now. You personally need to return to politics - taking a position that can be cheered my many of all political persuasions. Joe Barker
Bill, I am deeply saddened about Child shootings Nationwide and especially in TN.
That all said, the "problem" with Firearms is not simply a "Firearm" issue. It's a PEOPLE problem. But that more difficult to explain to anyone and a solution to the "people problem" is difficult to find and implement. And it's not just limited to "Firearms". But I am sure that you already know that.
As to firearm safety with kids in the house, perhaps requiring that when there are Children in the home, minors, one is required to have a positive safe storage mechanism; and, G_d forbid, when a Child in the house is injured or worse, with an unsecured firearm, the adults residing in that home loose the right to possess a firearm until there are no longer minors in that home.
I'm a life member of NRA since 1975 and I see push back on this likely based upon the Second Amendment.
And we all have seen that violent injury is not limited to firearms. We see it with knives, baseball bats even!
IMHO, we have a PEOPLE problem that has accelerated logrithmetrically in the past 10 years or so.
Thank you Bill. As a lifelong hunter and skeet enthusiast, I couldn’t agree more. Let’s make gun safety a reality and train the next generation.
I appreciate your comment, Eric, and agree.
Excellent message!
Thank you - appreciate it!
I agree with the plea for safer gun laws, Senator Frist. Bringing an effective agenda to the table that will engage all sides is imperative.
Thank you, Cindy. There's more work to be done!
Thank you for your thoughtful and reasonable approach on this issue. We can work together to protect innocent lives AND our constitutional freedoms.
Agreed - thank you for commenting, Sarah
Thank you, Dr. Frist, for your opinion, which I appreciate and share.
Thank you, Timothy.
As a lifelong Tennessee resident and daughter to an avid hunter, sister to an avid hunter and conservationist, I applaud the effort. Our state can do far better than just worrying about themselves. No one seems to care for others here until it happens to them.
Yes - there is a lot of work to be done.
Any advice you have along the way for me will be appreciated.
Right you are and thank you for speaking up on this important issue. There IS middle ground, and common sense gun laws would save so much heartache. Along with that we have to go back and evaluate the values we are teaching and demonstrating for our children. Applauding success rather than failure in the social media could help as well. My daughter is now a Tennessee resident and we recently took a firearms class together.
Bill,
LifeBridge Health System in Baltimore produced and is running a TV commercial called "Stop the Iron Pipeline" about the trafficking of guns along the I-95 corridor. Beautifully filmed with an original song by the rapper Logic, it is powerful and well-made. Rare for a health system to do this. I suggest the full 3-4 minute You Tube version.
Mark
Hope u well.
Thanks. Will look!
I’m afraid that ship has sailed! Your only hope is to get the grandmothers, mothers & then grandfathers in rural ( see me for rural definition) firmly on your side!!!!
Bill: Your thoughts are important and need to be followed. A seeming majority of Tennesseans have forgotten that data and science (in all things) are important. Gun safety begins with a responsible use firearms not the free for all that exists now. You personally need to return to politics - taking a position that can be cheered my many of all political persuasions. Joe Barker
You may appreciate this interview I conducted with John Woodrow Cox, the author of "Children Under Fire." https://open.spotify.com/episode/3BDOgPwNh111XQ2xpRq9f7?si=Ob9S1qjvQiKncvGq260fDA
Thank you for sharing - will look!
Bill, I am deeply saddened about Child shootings Nationwide and especially in TN.
That all said, the "problem" with Firearms is not simply a "Firearm" issue. It's a PEOPLE problem. But that more difficult to explain to anyone and a solution to the "people problem" is difficult to find and implement. And it's not just limited to "Firearms". But I am sure that you already know that.
As to firearm safety with kids in the house, perhaps requiring that when there are Children in the home, minors, one is required to have a positive safe storage mechanism; and, G_d forbid, when a Child in the house is injured or worse, with an unsecured firearm, the adults residing in that home loose the right to possess a firearm until there are no longer minors in that home.
I'm a life member of NRA since 1975 and I see push back on this likely based upon the Second Amendment.
And we all have seen that violent injury is not limited to firearms. We see it with knives, baseball bats even!
IMHO, we have a PEOPLE problem that has accelerated logrithmetrically in the past 10 years or so.
Thoughts?
Sandy