A Democrat in Tennessee is attempting to amend recently passed Constitutional Carry legislation so that a “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America” activist is inserted into a position of power.
Representative Larry Miller has put forward an amendment to Tennessee’s Constitutional Carry law that will create a special government position that “must” be filled with a “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense” activist. This position will be on a state board whose goal is to regulate firearms in the state of Tennessee and the activist will be appointed by the governor.
Outside of the obvious issue of an unelected activist making government policy, there are major ethical issues with this amendment. Representative Larry Miller has been endorsed by Moms Demand Action and may have received donations in the past from the organization. This may very well be a violation of the Tennessee legislators’ ethics rules.
From Bearing Arms:
While it looks like Moms Demand Action and it’s parent organization Everytown haven’t made any donations to Miller in recent years, the groups are largely spending money supporting candidates through their own PAC, so they don’t have to disclose the source of their donors. Not that it matters, since Everytown founder and gun control sugar daddy Michael Bloomberg is clearly the guy putting tens of millions of dollars into their account.
Still, even if no money has changed hands, it would be interesting to see what Miller has discussed with Everytown/Moms Demand behind closed doors. One thing is for sure, and that’s that Everytown’s politicians are helping them out by trying to get them involved in governmental decision-making to fight against our civil rights protected by the Second Amendment. Maybe the Tennessee House Ethics Committee could subpoena documents and communications just to be sure he wasn’t doing anything naughty to help his buddies out.After all, if a Republican endorsed by the NRA had offered an amendment specifically calling for an NRA representative to be on that very same board, not only would we have seen headlines screaming about the “gun lobby setting government policy,” Democrats (maybe even Rep. Miller himself) would have been crying for an ethics investigation. If this is just a case of Miller pandering to the anti-gun crowd, fine, but someone with more power and authority than us should be looking into this.
