2014 Tennessee Firearms Association

State Legislative Candidate Survey: WEST TN Will you support a “Constitutional

Carry” Bill allowing individuals to carry a legally possessed firearm concealed

or openly without a government permit?

Will you support state legislation prohibiting

local governments (city, county, etc.) from

placing any limitations on the rights of

individuals regarding firearms, including the

ability to purchase, possess, use or carry

firearms?

Will you enforce the Tennessee Constitution’s

limit on governmental restrictions on wearing firearms by supporting

legislation repealing all state laws and regulations

restricting the wearing of firearms by citizens unless

the law demonstrates a "well defined relation to the

prevention of crime?”

Will you support legislation that will nullify unconstitutional federal firearms laws and also

require the state government to protect the

residents of Tennessee from the enforcement of

federal firearms laws which violate the 2nd

Amendment and/or the 10th Amendment?

Will you support a bill to allow citizens to

carry lawfully possessed firearms on

government run or funded college

campuses in Tennessee including private schools that accept government

funds?

Will you support a bill that will

allow law abiding citizens,

including educators, to carry firearms

on government K-12 school

grounds?

Will you support a bill requiring government

owned or operated buildings or properties

that constitutionally (TN Constitution Article 1,

Section 26) prohibit the possession of firearms by citizens to provide a free on-site storage facilities

for civilian firearms?

Will you support legislation requiring that any firing range that was built or maintained with tax dollars, including all

state or local agency firing ranges, must be made

available to the public when the range is not actively in

use by the agency for whose use the range was initially

intended?

Will you support legislation that would

require the state to issue to individuals who are or

who agree to be subject to a “militia call” military

grade weapons, including machineguns, if the cost of

such equipment and the actual administrative costs

to the state government are paid by the

individual member?

Will you support legislation that would fully

restore all rights to keep and bear arms to

individuals who have committed misdemeanors and non-violent felonies once their sentence has been fully completed?

Will you support a bill removing all taxes on the

free exercise of the Second Amendment

which would include the elimination of fees or taxes imposed on the ownership, purchase,

transfer, carry or use of firearms and/or

ammunition?

Will you support legislation, such as offered by Sen. Mae Beavers and Rep. Mark Pody in 2014 (SB 1733), which would provide that a person has an absolute right to store any

legally possessed items, including a firearm, in any legally possessed

motor vehicle so long as the person is parking where parking is

otherwise allowed and providing that such individual cannot be

criminally prosecuted or fired for doing so?

If YES, will you support a provision in such a law

that gives the individual the right to seek civil

damages and/or injunctive relief, including

statutory damages and attorney's fees, against any individual or entity that violates that right?

Will you support a state law to render any federal

taxes or restrictions on the purchase or ownership of firearms suppressors as a declared violation of the

2nd and 10th Amendments and thus

void in Tennessee?

Will you support a state law to prohibit any local

government from regulating any aspect of

civilian firearms ownership, purchase,

carry, use or possession, including possession in public parks, greenways

and similar locations?

Will you support a state law to prohibit the state or

any local government from regulating any aspect

of civilian firearms ownership, purchase,

carry, use or possession, including the legal

possession of firearms in public buildings or on

public property?

Will you support a state law to limit the term

"school grounds" to a specific and clearly

defined campus and to require appropriate signage relative to

whether and to what extent firearms may be

possessed on such properties?

Will you support a state law that allows civilians to

own, possess, use and transport historical

military items, including vehicles, armaments and

ammunition?

Will you support a state law requiring entities and individuals

who elect to prohibit citizens who enter their property from

carrying firearms to provide adequate security to guarantee the safety of those individuals

and to make those who elect to infringe the self-defense rights

civilly liable for any harm or damage occurring after the right

of self-defense has been impaired?

Will you support a state law that requires that the

US Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the State

Constitution be taught in schools?

Will you support a state law that provides that no committee of the General Assembly can stop a bill from progressing to the

floor for consideration by all elected legislators if the number of votes required

to kill the legislation in such committee is less

than the number of sponsors on the bill?

Will you support a state law that provides that any legislation which has more

sponsors than would be required to pass the

legislation if presented for a floor vote must be

presented and considered on the floor of each House in which such sponsorship

levels are met?

Will you support a state law or referendum that provides a process for recall elections for all

elected officials?

Will you support a state law that provides for an elected state Attorney

General?

Will you support a state law that requires the state

Attorney General to challenge any federal law that may be applicable in Tennessee or

which results in any tax burden on Tennesseans which violates any provision of the

Constitution, including but not limited to the enumerated powers doctrine, the 2nd

Amendment and/or the 10th Amendment?

Will you support a state law that establishes a

"recall" process whereby the citizens can vote to

remove the Attorney General?

Will you support a state law that establishes a process for

the General Assembly to determine whether a federal

law violates State sovereignty or the rights of the citizens and

vests the General Assembly with the authority to appoint and fund a special counsel to

challenge such federal laws or enactments?

Office Name District Party CitySurvey

Returned

Signed the Leadership

PledgeQ1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q09 Q10 Q11 Q12a Q12b Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20 Q21 Q22 Q23 Q24 Q25 Q26

TN House Vance Dennis 71 R Savannah No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House David "Coach" Byrd 71 R Waynesboro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes++ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

TN House Steve K. McDaniel 72 R Parkers Crossroads No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Jimmy Eldridge 73 R Jackson Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

TN House Shelia L. Godwin 73 D Oakfield No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Keith Svadba 74 R Clarksville Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes

TN House Jay D. Reedy 74 R Erin Yes Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes Yes++ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes++ Yes Yes Yes++ Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes Yes Yes++

TN House John C. Tidwell 74 D New Johnsonville No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House James Hart 75 I Buchanan No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Tim Wirgau 75 R Buchanan No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Charles W. Cooper 75 D Camden No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Randy Patton 75 D Camden No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Andy Holt 76 R Dresden No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Joyce Washington 76 D Martin No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Bill Sanderson 77 R Kenton No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Curtis Halford 79 R Dyer No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Bobby Barnett 79 D Humboldt No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Johnny W. Shaw 80 D Bolivar No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Debra F. Moody 81 R Covington Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes

TN House Rory Bricco 81 R Covington Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

TN House Craig Fitzhugh 82 D Ripley No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Mark White 83 R Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Joe Towns, Jr. 84 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

Will you support a “Constitutional

Carry” Bill allowing individuals to carry a legally possessed firearm concealed

or openly without a government permit?

Will you support state legislation prohibiting

local governments (city, county, etc.) from

placing any limitations on the rights of

individuals regarding firearms, including the

ability to purchase, possess, use or carry

firearms?

Will you enforce the Tennessee Constitution’s

limit on governmental restrictions on wearing firearms by supporting

legislation repealing all state laws and regulations

restricting the wearing of firearms by citizens unless

the law demonstrates a "well defined relation to the

prevention of crime?”

Will you support legislation that will nullify unconstitutional federal firearms laws and also

require the state government to protect the

residents of Tennessee from the enforcement of

federal firearms laws which violate the 2nd

Amendment and/or the 10th Amendment?

Will you support a bill to allow citizens to

carry lawfully possessed firearms on

government run or funded college

campuses in Tennessee including private schools that accept government

funds?

Will you support a bill that will

allow law abiding citizens,

including educators, to carry firearms

on government K-12 school

grounds?

Will you support a bill requiring government

owned or operated buildings or properties

that constitutionally (TN Constitution Article 1,

Section 26) prohibit the possession of firearms by citizens to provide a free on-site storage facilities

for civilian firearms?

Will you support legislation requiring that any firing range that was built or maintained with tax dollars, including all

state or local agency firing ranges, must be made

available to the public when the range is not actively in

use by the agency for whose use the range was initially

intended?

Will you support legislation that would

require the state to issue to individuals who are or

who agree to be subject to a “militia call” military

grade weapons, including machineguns, if the cost of

such equipment and the actual administrative costs

to the state government are paid by the

individual member?

Will you support legislation that would fully

restore all rights to keep and bear arms to

individuals who have committed misdemeanors and non-violent felonies once their sentence has been fully completed?

Will you support a bill removing all taxes on the

free exercise of the Second Amendment

which would include the elimination of fees or taxes imposed on the ownership, purchase,

transfer, carry or use of firearms and/or

ammunition?

Will you support legislation, such as offered by Sen. Mae Beavers and Rep. Mark Pody in 2014 (SB 1733), which would provide that a person has an absolute right to store any

legally possessed items, including a firearm, in any legally possessed

motor vehicle so long as the person is parking where parking is

otherwise allowed and providing that such individual cannot be

criminally prosecuted or fired for doing so?

If YES, will you support a provision in such a law

that gives the individual the right to seek civil

damages and/or injunctive relief, including

statutory damages and attorney's fees, against any individual or entity that violates that right?

Will you support a state law to render any federal

taxes or restrictions on the purchase or ownership of firearms suppressors as a declared violation of the

2nd and 10th Amendments and thus

void in Tennessee?

Will you support a state law to prohibit any local

government from regulating any aspect of

civilian firearms ownership, purchase,

carry, use or possession, including possession in public parks, greenways

and similar locations?

Will you support a state law to prohibit the state or

any local government from regulating any aspect

of civilian firearms ownership, purchase,

carry, use or possession, including the legal

possession of firearms in public buildings or on

public property?

Will you support a state law to limit the term

"school grounds" to a specific and clearly

defined campus and to require appropriate signage relative to

whether and to what extent firearms may be

possessed on such properties?

Will you support a state law that allows civilians to

own, possess, use and transport historical

military items, including vehicles, armaments and

ammunition?

Will you support a state law requiring entities and individuals

who elect to prohibit citizens who enter their property from

carrying firearms to provide adequate security to guarantee the safety of those individuals

and to make those who elect to infringe the self-defense rights

civilly liable for any harm or damage occurring after the right

of self-defense has been impaired?

Will you support a state law that requires that the

US Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the State

Constitution be taught in schools?

Will you support a state law that provides that no committee of the General Assembly can stop a bill from progressing to the

floor for consideration by all elected legislators if the number of votes required

to kill the legislation in such committee is less

than the number of sponsors on the bill?

Will you support a state law that provides that any legislation which has more

sponsors than would be required to pass the

legislation if presented for a floor vote must be

presented and considered on the floor of each House in which such sponsorship

levels are met?

Will you support a state law or referendum that provides a process for recall elections for all

elected officials?

Will you support a state law that provides for an elected state Attorney

General?

Will you support a state law that requires the state

Attorney General to challenge any federal law that may be applicable in Tennessee or

which results in any tax burden on Tennesseans which violates any provision of the

Constitution, including but not limited to the enumerated powers doctrine, the 2nd

Amendment and/or the 10th Amendment?

Will you support a state law that establishes a

"recall" process whereby the citizens can vote to

remove the Attorney General?

Will you support a state law that establishes a process for

the General Assembly to determine whether a federal

law violates State sovereignty or the rights of the citizens and

vests the General Assembly with the authority to appoint and fund a special counsel to

challenge such federal laws or enactments?

Office Name District Party CitySurvey

Returned

Signed the Leadership

PledgeQ1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q09 Q10 Q11 Q12a Q12b Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20 Q21 Q22 Q23 Q24 Q25 Q26

TN House Kenneth L. Wells 84 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Johnnie R. Turner 85 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Barbara Cooper 86 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House George T. Edwards III 86 R Millington No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Karen D. Camper 87 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Harry Barber 88 R Bartlett No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Larry J. Miller 88 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House John J. Deberry, Jr. 90 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Doris DeBerry-Bradshaw 91 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Orrden Williams, Jr. 91 R Memphis Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

TN House Raumesh A. Akbari 91 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Samuel (Sam) Watkins 91 R Memphis Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

TN House Colonel Gene Billingsley 93 R Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House G.A. Hardaway, Sr. 93 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Stephen L. Hale 94 R Rossville No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Hal Rounds 94 R Somerville Yes Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ No Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ No No Yes++ No Yes++

TN House Leigh Rosser Wilburn 94 R Somerville No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Curry Todd 95 R Collierville No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Dwayne Thompson 96 D Cordova No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Steve McManus 96 R Cordova Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

TN House Jim Coley 97 R Bartlett No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Antonio Parkinson 98 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN House Ron Lollar 99 R Bartlett No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

Will you support a “Constitutional

Carry” Bill allowing individuals to carry a legally possessed firearm concealed

or openly without a government permit?

Will you support state legislation prohibiting

local governments (city, county, etc.) from

placing any limitations on the rights of

individuals regarding firearms, including the

ability to purchase, possess, use or carry

firearms?

Will you enforce the Tennessee Constitution’s

limit on governmental restrictions on wearing firearms by supporting

legislation repealing all state laws and regulations

restricting the wearing of firearms by citizens unless

the law demonstrates a "well defined relation to the

prevention of crime?”

Will you support legislation that will nullify unconstitutional federal firearms laws and also

require the state government to protect the

residents of Tennessee from the enforcement of

federal firearms laws which violate the 2nd

Amendment and/or the 10th Amendment?

Will you support a bill to allow citizens to

carry lawfully possessed firearms on

government run or funded college

campuses in Tennessee including private schools that accept government

funds?

Will you support a bill that will

allow law abiding citizens,

including educators, to carry firearms

on government K-12 school

grounds?

Will you support a bill requiring government

owned or operated buildings or properties

that constitutionally (TN Constitution Article 1,

Section 26) prohibit the possession of firearms by citizens to provide a free on-site storage facilities

for civilian firearms?

Will you support legislation requiring that any firing range that was built or maintained with tax dollars, including all

state or local agency firing ranges, must be made

available to the public when the range is not actively in

use by the agency for whose use the range was initially

intended?

Will you support legislation that would

require the state to issue to individuals who are or

who agree to be subject to a “militia call” military

grade weapons, including machineguns, if the cost of

such equipment and the actual administrative costs

to the state government are paid by the

individual member?

Will you support legislation that would fully

restore all rights to keep and bear arms to

individuals who have committed misdemeanors and non-violent felonies once their sentence has been fully completed?

Will you support a bill removing all taxes on the

free exercise of the Second Amendment

which would include the elimination of fees or taxes imposed on the ownership, purchase,

transfer, carry or use of firearms and/or

ammunition?

Will you support legislation, such as offered by Sen. Mae Beavers and Rep. Mark Pody in 2014 (SB 1733), which would provide that a person has an absolute right to store any

legally possessed items, including a firearm, in any legally possessed

motor vehicle so long as the person is parking where parking is

otherwise allowed and providing that such individual cannot be

criminally prosecuted or fired for doing so?

If YES, will you support a provision in such a law

that gives the individual the right to seek civil

damages and/or injunctive relief, including

statutory damages and attorney's fees, against any individual or entity that violates that right?

Will you support a state law to render any federal

taxes or restrictions on the purchase or ownership of firearms suppressors as a declared violation of the

2nd and 10th Amendments and thus

void in Tennessee?

Will you support a state law to prohibit any local

government from regulating any aspect of

civilian firearms ownership, purchase,

carry, use or possession, including possession in public parks, greenways

and similar locations?

Will you support a state law to prohibit the state or

any local government from regulating any aspect

of civilian firearms ownership, purchase,

carry, use or possession, including the legal

possession of firearms in public buildings or on

public property?

Will you support a state law to limit the term

"school grounds" to a specific and clearly

defined campus and to require appropriate signage relative to

whether and to what extent firearms may be

possessed on such properties?

Will you support a state law that allows civilians to

own, possess, use and transport historical

military items, including vehicles, armaments and

ammunition?

Will you support a state law requiring entities and individuals

who elect to prohibit citizens who enter their property from

carrying firearms to provide adequate security to guarantee the safety of those individuals

and to make those who elect to infringe the self-defense rights

civilly liable for any harm or damage occurring after the right

of self-defense has been impaired?

Will you support a state law that requires that the

US Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the State

Constitution be taught in schools?

Will you support a state law that provides that no committee of the General Assembly can stop a bill from progressing to the

floor for consideration by all elected legislators if the number of votes required

to kill the legislation in such committee is less

than the number of sponsors on the bill?

Will you support a state law that provides that any legislation which has more

sponsors than would be required to pass the

legislation if presented for a floor vote must be

presented and considered on the floor of each House in which such sponsorship

levels are met?

Will you support a state law or referendum that provides a process for recall elections for all

elected officials?

Will you support a state law that provides for an elected state Attorney

General?

Will you support a state law that requires the state

Attorney General to challenge any federal law that may be applicable in Tennessee or

which results in any tax burden on Tennesseans which violates any provision of the

Constitution, including but not limited to the enumerated powers doctrine, the 2nd

Amendment and/or the 10th Amendment?

Will you support a state law that establishes a

"recall" process whereby the citizens can vote to

remove the Attorney General?

Will you support a state law that establishes a process for

the General Assembly to determine whether a federal

law violates State sovereignty or the rights of the citizens and

vests the General Assembly with the authority to appoint and fund a special counsel to

challenge such federal laws or enactments?

Office Name District Party CitySurvey

Returned

Signed the Leadership

PledgeQ1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q09 Q10 Q11 Q12a Q12b Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20 Q21 Q22 Q23 Q24 Q25 Q26

TN Senate Ed Jackson 27 R Jackson Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes

TN Senate James A. Baxter 27 I Jackson No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN Senate Randy Lamb 27 D Jackson No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN Senate Tim York 27 C* Jackson Yes No Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes++ Yes Yes Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes++ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes++

TN Senate Brandon Dodds 27 R Newbern Yes Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes Yes++ Yes Yes Yes++ Yes++ Yes++ No No Yes++ No Yes++

TN Senate Anthony D. Herron, Jr. 29 R Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN Senate Herman L. Sawyer 29 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN Senate James R. "Jim" Finney 29 R Memphis Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

TN Senate Lee Harris 29 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN Senate Ophelia E. Ford 29 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN Senate Ricky Dixon 29 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN Senate Brian Kelsey 31 R Germantown No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused

TN Senate Reginald Tate 33 D Memphis No No Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused Refused