Tennessee bill would designate some gun owners as law enforcement.

[Nevilledog]

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/tennessee-bill-designate-gun-owners-law-enforcement/story


Legislation introduced in the Tennessee state legislature this month is raising alarms from the state's police union and gun control advocates who say it could turn the streets into the "old West."

Two bills in the state assembly and state senate, HB 254 and SB 2523, would amend Tennessee law and designate "a person who has been issued an enhanced handgun carry permit" as a member of law enforcement.

"As introduced, expands the definition of 'law enforcement officer' to include a person who has been issued an enhanced handgun carry permit; provided, that the permit is not suspended, revoked, or expired, for purposes of authority to carry a firearm under certain circumstances," the summary for the bill reads on the Tennessee General Assembly website.

There are currently 686,348 active enhanced handgun carry permit holders in the state, according to the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, which issues the permits. A spokesperson for the department declined to comment about the proposed legislation.

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What could possibly go wrong?

[Hoyt]

1. Armed hero wannabes ain't smart.

[msongs]

2. KKK vigilante groups made legal nt

[Phoenix61]

3. So coughing up an extra $100 and taking an 8 ht course

is going to the extreme? They have truly lost whatever they had for a mind.

[gab13by13]

4. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

Did they do any background checks on them?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. The Wild West has arisen once again?

I see this as a ploy to arrest law abiding African-Americans, POC, and others who do not fit the description of whoever is making up the rules at the time.

This could turn bad in a hurry.

[Docreed2003]

6. This state has gone insane

We've got this crap where any dummy with a gun can be labeled "law enforcement" which will only spread gun violence in the state; meanwhile, our governor has a sweetheart deal with an evangelical charter school group and has proposed legislation which would allow those charter schools to use state resources and go into districts, even if the local school boards oppose such moves. Tennessee has become a conservative hellhole.

[Nevilledog]

8. Hillsdale, right?

[Docreed2003]

9. Exactly

[rockfordfile]

7. How fked up is that.

[kimbutgar]

10. Who would want to go to that state as a tourist?

Just by looking at someone the wrong way could get you killed and it’d be justifiable.

[Demovictory9]

11. Why only gun owners ?

[Runningdawg]

12. When do they issued brown shirts and armbands?