Tuesday, June 09, 2009

You don't have to be completely clueless to write for the Tennessean...

...but it helps.

Rodney Stanley, opining on the restaurant carry bill (and displaying his utter cluelessness on the state of the law in Tennessee):
Instead of weapons being used to protect one's home and personal vehicle, they could now be used by citizens in public venues.
You mean like they are right now? And have been for many years?

Look, Rodney, this probably comes as a shock, but all those folks around you in the mall and Wally World and the grocery store may already be legally packing heat, they just had to unstrap if they wanted to grab a burger for lunch at Applebee's instead of Hardee's. This law just fixes that. Unclench and return to normal breathing, okay? You're in no more danger of a shootout over the last bit of Bloomin' Onion at Outback next month than you've been over the organic arugula at Kroger's these last fifteen years or so...

That's some layers of editorial oversight, baby. Are you sure you're not wearing pyjamas?

(H/T to Unc.)

13 comments:

Robert Langham said...

The blood is always going to flow in the streets and folk shoot each other over parking spaces.

Without this law, Tenn could be as safe as DC!

TJP said...

Gun paranoia is a serious and crippling disorder. I pray for Mr. Stanley and his family in this difficult time.

Tam said...

What?

I couldn't hear y'all over the gunfire at the local bar her in Indianapolis. We're all shooting each other up over who pays the tab, because it's legal to pack heat in bars and nightclubs here...

Roberta X said...

Hey, now, no shooting up in bars!

But yeah, we have bar gunfight most every..... Well, gee, there was one last year, but that guy didn't have a carry permit.

Anonymous said...

And we can drink yummy liquid bread while we carry guns in Indianapolis. Oddly there are no gunfights, even when Jared bumps into me at the Broad Ripple Brew Pub.

So, what does Stanley have his PhD in--botany? Interpretative modern dance?

The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly held that one has the right of self-defense outside one's home.

Further, the TN Supreme Court, who was incorporating the 2nd Amendment BEFORE, the 14th Amendment, has held (repeatedly) that one has the right of self-defense outside one's one and that one may bear arms pursuant to the STATE constitution and the federal constitution.

I don't understand the drama, but I know that alcohol is viewed differently down there.

Shootin' Buddy

Tam said...

"I don't understand the drama, but I know that alcohol is viewed differently down there."

Not really.

But once you start letting people sell cars on Sunday, they get worried about guns at Applebee's...

Anonymous said...

R. Stanley wrote:
"Instead of weapons being used to protect one's home and personal vehicle, they could now be used by citizens in public venues. This expansive view of the Second Amendment has yet to be endorsed by the courts in the United States and seems to suggest that law enforcement agencies are insufficient to handle violence in public venues."

Well, Duh! Law enforcement IS insufficient to handle violence in public venues. If law enforcement WAS sufficient, there wouldn't be any violence in public venues. Poor Rod is just totally clueless.
He probably watches closely so he can avoid shopping centers that have sporting goods stores because some of them might sell guns or ammunition.
You know, Rod, there are treatments for hoplophobia and a good Fruedian Psychologist can help you with that sexual immaturity problem.

TJP said...

Shootin' Buddy said...
"Further, the TN Supreme Court....has held (repeatedly) that one has the right of self-defense outside one's one.."

??

:D

OA said...

"I don't understand the drama, but I know that alcohol is viewed differently down there."

Why...because we know the barbeque is done when the bottle of bourbon is gone?

Out of curiosity, how much time have you spent "down there"?

Butch_S said...

I'm inclined to believe he gave his editors exactly what they wanted.

From the link, click "Home", and scroll to the bottom of the page.

rickn8or said...

Now that you mention it, we had a bar shooting in Memphis last year. Don't know if it was a CHL or not, but I DO know it was a deppity pulling the trigger.

Anonymous said...

"Out of curiosity, how much time have you spent "down there"?"

Enough time to know you have a different attitude/culture toward guns and alcohol. Not bad, just different.

I was last there in February on the way to Shootrite. We stopped in Nashville to have sushi with a well-known Internet celebrity.

I had to take off my guns off before I entered the restaurant. Unbeknownst to me they magically reappeared in my holsters.

It's all about trade offs. Up here I am free to carry 14 guns into a bar and have a cold pilsner, but if my under 21 year old nephews see a bar while seated in a restaurant, they will burst into flames. Not bad, just different.

Congrats to the citizenry of the Land of Orange in moving their government closer to sanity.

Shootin' Buddy

OA said...

So you're basing your opinion on one state that you were passing through? That's "enough time"? Really?

Hate to tell you, but Tennessee and their laws don't represent all the South.