Ramsey would support legislative abolishment of concealed-gun rules

October 25, 2010 - By Mac McLean - Bristol Herald Courier - Bristol - Repeating a controversial statement that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, the Republican Party's gubernatorial candidate, made earlier this week, Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey said he would sign legislation abolishing the state's conceal carry permit requirements. "If a majority of the legislature said that's where we need to go then I'm certainly not going ...
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Gun remarks unworthy of Bill Haslam

October 24, 2010 - The Tennessean -  Editorial Board -  The Tennessean endorsed Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam for gov er nor, and we con tinue to strongly believe that he is the most qual i fied per son for the job and deserves vot ers’ support. But Haslam’s com ments last week about hand gun per mits were unsettling. He said that if leg is la tion were passed to elim i nate the requ...
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Gubernatorial Candidates Battle over Gun Laws

October 24, 2010 - News Channel 5 - NASHVILLE, Tenn.- The latest battle between the two men running for Tennessee governor has Tennessee gun laws right in the center of it. It started when Bill Haslam told a group this week he would back legislation that would get rid of handgun carry permits for concealed weapons. It turns out there has been a push to do this for several years in the state legislature, and now ...
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Mike McWherter takes swipe at Bill Haslam's gun pledge

October 24, 2010 - By Jenny Upchurch - The Tennessean - Democrat Mike McWherter says his opponent for governor failed a test of moral leadership by allowing himself to be bullied into a pledge to let anyone carry a gun. Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam told a Nashville meeting of the Tennessee Firearms Association on Monday that if lawmakers abolished the handgun-carry permit system and allowed ...
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