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Pistol Packin' Momma Bears

4/6/2015

 
ICYMI.... The Tennessee legislature is now set to pass a law overturning the rights of local municipalities to decide for themselves whether they will allow firearms in their local parks. Under the new law, anyone with a permit to carry can bring a gun into a city park. This opens up a whole new can of worms when city parks are located near and used by schools. Some of the biggest school systems in Tennessee are in partnerships with their municipal parks and recreation departments to provide playground and athletic facilities that serve school children.

Current laws in effect do not allow guns on school campus. And there are state regulations that do not allow guns at school athletic events. So, what happens when the football stadium or baseball field is located in a city park? Which law will trump: the right to carry or the ban on guns at school events? No doubt, this dichotomy in the law will have an impact across the state. 

Lawyers, Guns & Money 

Once again, we will see the lawyers being brought into school matters. You know what that means....more money for them and less resources for our children. And if things couldn't be messy enough, there is a last minute amendment to the bill allowing for guns at the state capitol. 

Say what? Lobbyists with guns?!?!?!?! 

Rambo Lobbyists?

PicturePhoto: Courtesy of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (reprinted in the Tennessean)
Remember the Radnor Lake Rambo? Maybe he should have been lobbying at the state capitol instead of patrolling at Hillsboro High School? 

You can read more about him in this article from the Tennessean. 

But before, one of you starts to arguing about the Second Amendment. You should know that Momma Bears don't go down rabbit holes. We fiercely protect children like a bear. And bears don't belong in rabbit holes.
 
Some of us carry guns and others will just rip your face off the old fashion way with our claws. Either way, we'd prefer Rambo stay away from our children. 

So, what's a Momma Bear to do if the new law lets Rambo patrol our school playgrounds? Well, we just might have to take matters into our own hands. 

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Commence Operation: "Pistol Packin' Momma"

In light of the recent bill allowing guns in all municipal parks and playgrounds, Momma Bears will be organizing Pistol Packin' Momma Patrols. Look for sign-up sheets soon. We think that if other people are going to have guns at our children's playgrounds then us mommas will have no choice but to lock & load too. Don't be fooled by our strollers and minivans, we will act as armed bodyguards for our littles. We will be trained pistol packin' mommas who took a class and everything. Don't worry. Most of the time, we hit the target at the shooting range. 

We will also be maintaining the peace. So, the next time you are at a little league baseball game, here's a warning: you better watch your mouth. Before you make a crack about that kid on first base, remember that his pistol packin' momma might just be sitting next to you with a .38 in her purse. Of course, we'll encourage her to go home and blog about you instead of taking more drastic action. But just to be on the safe side, you should keep your mouth shut unless you are cheering for everybody and telling all the kids that they did a good job.
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Next year, we'll take our patrol on the road to the state Capitol in Nashville. 

We don't want to hear lawmakers claim they voted for a crazy bill because someone held a gun to their head. Boy, does that gives a whole new meaning to trigger legislation. So, our pistol packing mommas will be patrolling the state Capitol. 

And we'll be reminding everyone that duck hunting season does not include lame ducks like Governor Hasbeen uh...Haslam. 

But just to be on the safe side, we hope the Governor will veto the bill on Guns in the Park & Guns in the State Capitol. Momma Bears would really prefer to stay home and spend our time in the parks, playing with our kids instead of packin' heat. 


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