Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey says Tennessee has not heard the last of a fight over whether workers can keep guns in their cars on company lots. Ramsey thinks a compromise might be hashed out now that the year’s session is over.
Ramsey was asked what unresolved issues he thinks will come up again, and immediately pointed to the “guns-in-parking-lots” bill. This spring the measure threatened to make Republicans weigh gun rights against concerns from businesses. Ramsey argues a compromise is possible, because cooler heads will now have time to prevail.
“I want to make sure that we work something out between now and the time we come back, and we can ratchet the rhetoric down. We can ratchet the name-calling down and actually come up with a common-sense piece of legislation. It got completely out of hand.”
The proposal never reached a floor vote, prompting the president of the Tennessee Firearms Association to call for the political “crucifixion” of a top GOP lawmaker. And a National Rifle Association lobbyist complained of being disregarded by Republican leaders, saying the NRA wouldn’t forget it in this fall’s election.
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