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From the picture, help Shaun and Christine change Tennessee state laws. Shaun and Christine are Patriot Training Alums.  On Tuesday, the Tennessee Senate defeated a bill allowing an open carry permit for all shotguns and rifles . From the article, "two Republicans crossed over to vote with the Democrats." The Committee essentially killed the bill, all but ensuring it will stay in committee until 2026.  To be fair, Tennessee would be better served by removing from our state laws the prohibition of wearing arms for the purpose of "going armed."  Nevertheless, let's talk about why it is important to have open carry.  Caveat Of note, the 1st Amendment does not protect nice and polite speech. There is no need to protect polite and nice speech. The 1st Amendment protects offensive speech.  The Idea "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" The key word h...

Last night, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs basketball team won the NIT tournament 85-84 in Overtime. It was the Mocs first NIT tournament championship.  GoMocs news article .  NCAA news article .  ESPN news article .  Notes: 1. This author is a UTC Alum - class of 1998.  2. If your first response is something along the lines of  "congrats on being the 69th ranked team..." then you are clearly a smooth brain and likely jump affiliations with the changing of the win. You are without thought and your "opinion" is less than worthless.  3. Clearly, any team that made the NIT final four deserved to be in the field of 68 as an 11 seed or higher. 4. Both UTC and UC Irvine deserve to be ranked in the top 25 at season's end.  5. UC Irvine played well and has nothing to be ashamed of.  6. Too many SEC schools got into the field of 68 and we as fans would have been better served with some of these NIT teams being a part of the field inst...