Via Say Uncle:
With this reality in mind, I ask the board to address a simple question: Why now? Why after a (long) legacy of holding gun shows at The Fairgrounds Nashville is the board now considering the move to cancel these events, especially considering how these events are enjoyed by so many of our citizens in a safe and responsible manner?” Luper said.“On behalf of NRA members across the state of Tennessee, we oppose the removal of gun shows from the schedule of activities at The Fairgrounds Nashville and hope that this board will not pander to the misguided politics of the anti-freedom agenda.”For 35 years, Kentucky-based Bill Goodman’s Gun and Knife Shows has rented space from the Metro fairgrounds for its weekend gun shows. The entity pays around $7,500 for each show, accounting for more than $80,000 in fairgrounds revenue per year.
Source: NRA enters debate on gun shows at fairgrounds
Oh Hell No! Some idiots of the Nashville City Council (L.A. by the Cumberland) want to screw with my place of conversion? My first gun show was there. It was the same show I met Fred Thompson when he was running the first time for the Senate. That is my frigging Vatican or Bethlehem, you do not mess with it, buddy!
He also grilled David Goodman, who manages the gun show, for what Byrd called objectionable paraphernalia he learned has been sold at Goodman’s gun shows at the fairgrounds. They include stickers that read, “Keep America Free: Shoot a liberal,” and a T-shirt that features the Confederate flag alongside the words, “Defending freedom since 1861.”
“That’s not family-friendly events,” Byrd said. “I’m a liberal. I don’t want to be shot … and I don’t want you selling stuff with that message.”
Mr. Byrd, don’t even go there. You will lose on First Amendment principles alone. And we really do not care if you are butt-hurt, but if you are, your local Walgreen’s have an assortment of ointments on aisle 6 I believe.
Who keeps electing these idiots in Nashville? When I live there, they would have shown the way to the east end of Broadway and invite them to take a splash.
The Fairgrounds Nashville https://www.nashville.gov/The-Fairgrounds-Nashville/Application-For-Use.aspx appears to be a unit of the Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenneessee. As such I’m wondering just how far they might be willing to go in a First Amendment challenge.
stay safe.
“Who keeps electing these idiots in Nashville?”
The people who move here from Los Angeles because it’s easier to “make it” here than there. There’s also a large contingent from Boston and Chicago.
On another note, a newly elected councilman just got shot 3 times under shall we say mysterious circumstances.
http://wkrn.com/2015/11/05/councilmember-shot-near-west-nashville-gas-station/
You are right, I forgot about the LA Invasion. I now recall people like Roger Nichols (Steely Dan engineer) who was one of the first to move to Nashville right after I left in the mid 80s.