After I received this email from Brian Kelsey’s opponent I have changed to a Brian Kelsey supporter. If someone is as misguided as this then we sure do not need them in office. I may not like Kelsey, but at least I know what I am getting. I cannot say the same for his opponent and I will never support someone that does not support the 2nd Amendment.

Austin

Adrienne Pakis-Gillon
Guns in Restaurants with Alcohol Bill Fails Constitutional Test

The Associated Press is reporting that a Tennessee Court has ruled “a new law allowing handguns in Tennessee bars and restaurants is unconstitutional.” They report that the judge agreed with plaintiffs, which included restaurant owners, that the law was “fraught with ambiguity.” Tennessee Republican leaders who enacted the original law have pledged to reintroduce it and correct any vagueness.

“I am glad that the guns in restaurants with alcohol law has been struck down, but it is clear the proponents of this and similar legislation will try to get it back on the books as soon as the legislature reconvenes,” stated Adrienne Pakis-Gillon, candidate for the State Senate, District 31.

“The voters of District 31 have a chance to stop these kinds of laws and return common sense to the legislature. This ruling gives the restaurant owners who have been troubled by this law a short reprieve. It also gives hope to parents, who knew this law never made sense, that something can be done about other legislation allowing guns in parks. I hope that voters will send me to Nashville to oppose this bill’s re-enactment, and let me work for legislation that concerns issues like education and jobs that citizens really care about.”

“My opponent led a misguided charge to debate and enact laws concerning guns in restaurants, parks, and other public places in the middle of the worst economic recession since the Great Depression,” Pakis-Gillon continued. “These are laws that a statewide poll has shown a majority of Tennesseans oppose. I don’t agree with allowing handguns in our parks where children play; I don’t agree with allowing handguns where alcohol is being consumed. It just doesn’t make any sense.”"

Many restaurant owners and community members feel the law places an unfair burden for injuries and fatalities on restaurant owners by forcing them to allow handguns in their establishments. Even before the passage of this legislation, Shelby County saw two fatal incidents at restaurants serving alcohol: one outside the Villa Castrioti in February 2009 and one at the Wind Jammer in March of 2008.

Former State Representative Brian Kelsey, Pakis-Gillon’s opponent in the District 31 race, lauded the bill’s passage last summer, as described by the Commercial Appeal on May 9, 2009:

Kelsey celebrated passage of the bill with the assertion that it “will now allow law-abiding handgun-carry permit holders to feel safe when they go into restaurants like Chili’s that happen to serve alcohol.”

“This election is about a lot more than allowing guns and alcohol around our families,” Pakis-Gillon continued, “but the voters of District 31 should understand that I will fight this type of legislation while my opponent endorses it and would fight for it. For me, this is fundamental. I will work against legislation that makes our community less safe for our children and our families.”

If you need to locate your voting location or if you need a ride to the polls, call Adrienne’s campaign at (901)-502-8366.

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