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Open Plea to Tennessee from a New York Resident that does not live in NY City Tennessee Joint Resolution to Mayor BoobBerg Read the last 2 paragraphs.
Hey ya'll my daughter lives in Tennessee and I visit her. Buffalo NY is not NY City we are 400 miles away and not similar to them at all. Infact NY City disdains anyone that doesn't live in NY City.
They feel that they are the sophisticates and we in the out land are rubes and rednecks. When you see my NY License Plate don't hold their Progressiveness against me. On second thought, I guess I will have to rent then next time.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HJR0585.pdf
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 585
By Niceley
A RESOLUTION urging the State of New York to use common
sense and sound judgment in the disposition of the case against Meredith Graves.
WHEREAS, on December 22, 2011, Meredith Graves, a registered nurse, fourth-year medical student, and Tennessean traveled to New York City for a residency interview at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital on Long Island; and WHEREAS, while in New York City, the soon-to-be doctor and her husband, Richard Disharoon, decided to pay their respects to the victims of 9/11 and attempted to enter the hallowed memorial at Ground Zero; and WHEREAS, believing the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was still in effect and possessing a fully authorized license to carry from the great State of Tennessee, Ms. Graves arrived at the memorial with her .32 caliber pistol stored in her purse, never
imagining the mayhem that would shortly ensue; and WHEREAS, as she quietly approached the sacred landmark, Meredith Graves caught a glimpse of a sign, warning, “No Guns Allowed,” and, as any law abiding citizen would do, she quickly reached out to a security guard and inquired as to the proper procedure for checking a firearm; and WHEREAS, the guard directed her to a separate section and explained that she was in
luck because it just happened to be “Law Enforcement Day;” and
WHEREAS, with no reason to be concerned, Ms. Graves followed the guard’s instructions and respectfully asked a police officer the same question; and WHEREAS, reacting with undue haste, the officer immediately arrested Meredith Graves on a weapons-possession charge, and she was subsequently held on a $2,000 bond; and
WHEREAS, despite having no prior criminal record, Ms. Graves must report to court on
March 19, 2012, when these charges will be prosecuted by the Manhattan District Attorney, who
plans to pursue a conviction on felony gun possession. This serious allegation carries a
minimum sentence of three and one-half years; and
WHEREAS, clearly, this incident was simply an unfortunate misunderstanding and any attempt to pursue legal action against this devoted health care professional would be a grave miscarriage of justice; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
CONCURRING, that we hereby urge the State of New York to use common sense and sound judgment in the disposition of the case against Meredith Graves.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we remind the citizens of New York, especially those residing in New York City, to drive carefully through the great State of Tennessee, paying extra attention to our speed limits.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City
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.Originally Posted by golocx4
If that statement (re: reminding the citizens of New York) is for real, than that is a shame. I live in Ellicottville, NY, which is in the far western end of the state down near the Pennsy state line. Our life style is so far removed from NY City it's unbelievable. One of the most common comments I hear in my neck of the woods is "I wish they'd chop off NYC and make it into a separate state". We travel around the country a lot. Yet, time and again, people see the NY license plate and automatically assume New York City. Then I read something like this ......
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Ditto from Buffalo. Ive only been in NYC once, but with all the recent stuff goin on, I'm not sure I'll ever go back if it can be avoided!
I wonder if Texas will pass a similar resolution for Tennessee residents driving in Texas:
Texas resident arrested for gun accidentally left in backpack while in Memphis airport
what's good for the goose....
It is time that the 2nd ammendment is respectedequally by all states without prejudice to anyone.
NYC MENTALITY: The second amendment, nor the rest of the constitution, applies in NYC, and it shouldn't anywhere else for that matter. It is such an aged document and it has no relevance today. We are so past those old ideas, it is sad that some feel we still need to review them. We are enlightened and self aware now and don't need some proclamation made by rabble rousers some 200+ years ago to know who we are. Crime is caused by the government and social class system and must be cured by it both with social programs and protection by police. We must have laws that dictate our every action and punish all who do not fit our into our society. Individual freedoms are not important, as the laws will dictate the collective idea of how society needs to run. All who do not live where we do, with maybe the exception of Orange County, CA, or San Francisco, are inferior human beings.
Unfortunately, this is the NYC attitude. It may actually be worse. Yes, I grew up here and have spent my life here so I do know and am not an outsider throwing stones from afar. The major mental shift is that these people believe that laws are intended to restrict actions, not guarantee them. When was the last time a law was passed voluntarily that was meant to GUARANTEE freedom rather than restrict it? This is the issue with law today, IMHO. The argument of strict constructionist vs loose constructionist has been going on for centuries. Looking at the state of legislation today, I think there is a clear winner. The wrong side.
States like New York, Illinois, California, Maryland, and to a similar extent New Jersey, are all held hostage to their urban population and ideolgies. It is no accident that these are the states with the most oppressive gun laws in the country. Here in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia tries its hardest to emulate the above named states, but this state is greater than its largest city, hence our recent Castle dostrine improvements. The only dissenters to Pennsylvania House bill 40 were reps from...you guessed it...Philadelphia and Pittsburgh!
It is a shame that the big cities make as many stereotypes as non-urban areas. It's like anything else, when people can't win discussions by using facts, they result to mudslinging and character assassinations. Working in New Jersey, I am often told I live in "Pennsyltucky," to which I reply to them that the Pine Barrens are in New Jersey, not Pennsylvania.
I am again impressed with the state of Tennessee making a stand for their own. Truly a great state!
Tool Maker
I remember when the Brady Bunch and their ilk used to quip that we needed to treat guns like we treat cars. This, of course, for them, just meant that they all had to be registered. But, I wonder if they ever fully contemplated the true depth and breadth of the cars analogy vis-a-vis guns.
Since I have an Indiana driver's license, I am entirely free to drive my Indiana plated automobile right into downtown Chicago, and provided I adhere to the traffic laws, am left alone by the authorities. By that same analogy, with my Indiana Personal Protection Permit, should I not then be entirely free to carry my privately owned and unregistered firearm into downtown Chicago, and provided I adhere to the laws commensurate with traffic laws which are for safety only (yellow-light cameras notwithstanding), be left alone by the authorities? Nowhere in America are people forbidden to drive on ordinary public thoroughfares, but those same public thoroughfares are a mine field for people carrying a weapon, concealed or openly.
How about we harmonize the nation's gun licensure protections like we have harmonized automobile traffic laws. No one may be forbidden outright to drive down a particular street, though there may be reasonable restrictions as to direction (one-way). No one may be forbidden outright to carry a personal protection sidearm any place they are legally permitted to occupy for non-criminal purposes, though there may be reasonable restrictions as to ... well, there really aren't any reasonable restrictions as far as I can tell.
Ammunition? Type? I'm not forbidden from using X fuel in my automobile, nor mandated to use Y fuel in my automobile in any place I may drive in America, so I can't be forbidden from using X ammunition in my firearm, nor mandated to use Y ammunition in my firearm in any place I may travel in America.
Magazine size? Capacity? I'm not forbidden from using a 30 gallon fuel tank in my automobile (assuming it would physicly fit), nor to use a 10 gallon fuel tank in my automobile, so I can't be forbidden from using a 30 round magazine in my automatic, nor mandated to use a 10 round magazine in my automatic in any place I may travel in America.
There are, of course, reasonable restrictions on automobiles in certain, narrowly defined and tightly constrained circumstances. On an auto-ferry, for safety sake, you're not permitted to run your automobile's engine, or even occupy the vehicle while the ferry is in motion, but you can still take your automobile onto the ferry.
Applied to airline travel, because solid slugs can penetrate the hull, though, of course, there are ample safety systems which handle such an eventuality, while travelling on an aircraft, no solid slugs, only frangible ammunition and safety slugs a la Glaser. And to insure against accidental discharges, all firearms so capable shall be inspected to insure they are being carried in Condition 3 or 4 while the aircraft is in motion. That seems reasonable.
Don't retreat. Just reload.
That's against the law in Texas too.
The Constitution shall never be construed … to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
--- Samuel Adams
Which is exactly the point - Tennessee is making a stink about an unlicensed person being arrested for violating another state's laws. Yet they arrest people for violating their laws.
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