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Bill Protecting TN Renters’ Gun Rights to Be Heard in Committee Next Week

Bill Protecting TN Renters’ Gun Rights to Be Heard in Committee Next Week

by Zachery Schmidt | Feb 6, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South

The Tennessee State House Business & Utilities Subcommittee will hear a bill next week that aims to protect Tennessee renters’ Second Amendment rights. State Representative Lee Reeves (R-Franklin) introduced House Bill (HB) 0469, which would prevent landlords from...
Bill Proposal Would Allow Tennesseans to Carry Firearms in Parks, Other Public Places

Bill Proposal Would Allow Tennesseans to Carry Firearms in Parks, Other Public Places

by Zachery Schmidt | Jan 14, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South

A new bill proposal seeks to expand the places in Tennessee where a person can carry a firearm. Senate Bill (SB) 1629, which was introduced by State Senator Joseph Hensley (R-Hohenwald), would allow Tennesseans to carry firearms in state and local parks, public...
DOJ Announces Creation of Second Amendment Task Force

DOJ Announces Creation of Second Amendment Task Force

by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 9, 2025 | National, News, Policy

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that it will create a Second Amendment Enforcement Task Force. In a memo to employees, the DOJ said the Second Amendment has been “treated as a second-class right” in America, but now, the department will use its...
Appeals Court Overturns Law Banning Handgun Sales to Young Adults

Appeals Court Overturns Law Banning Handgun Sales to Young Adults

by Zachery Schmidt | Jan 31, 2025 | Justice, National, News

An appeals court found that a federal preventing gun stores from selling handguns to people between 18 and 20 years old was unconstitutional. “The text of the Second Amendment includes eighteen-to twenty-year-old individuals among ‘the people’ whose right to keep and...
A.G. Dave Yost Kicks Off Ohio Governor Campaign, Promises to Defend Conservative Values

A.G. Dave Yost Kicks Off Ohio Governor Campaign, Promises to Defend Conservative Values

by Christina Botteri | Jan 24, 2025 | News, Ohio, Politics, State News, The Midwest

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost officially declared his candidacy on Thursday for the Republican nomination for governor in 2026. “This is my heart, my home,” Yost said in a statement sent to media announcing his run. “I work for the people of Ohio,...

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