Roy Exum: Sure, They Can Play Thursday, February 11, 2021 - by Roy Exum
Roy Exum
As about 92 percent of the Chattanoogan readers who responded to a poll expressed, the chance that transgender males who identify themselves as females be allowed to participate in women s sports is absolutely absurd. Tennessee’s House of Representatives forwarded a bill in opposition quickly to the state Senate on Tuesday night. Hours later, Tennessee Equality Project Executive Director Chris Sanders whined, The bill is discriminatory in and of itself, but it s also misleading … (The legislators) are not providing a path for everyone to play, they are picking a group of people and trying to find a way to sit them out.
Feb 9, 2021
Feb 9, 2021
LONDONÂ â A Corbin man, John Helton, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, after previously being convicted of armed methamphetamine trafficking and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The evidence at trial established that, on June 9, 2019, deputies with the Knox and Laurel County Sheriffâs Offices searched the residence that Helton shared with his wife, Anita, seizing over 300 grams of crystal methamphetamine and four firearms, including three that were loaded.
Helton then directed his wife to go to his motherâs residence, to get money to bond him out of jail.
Frequently Asked Questions About Extreme Risk Protection Orders
February 10, 2021, 9:01 am
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What is an extreme risk protection order?
An extreme risk protection order (ERPO) is a civil remedy that allows law enforcement or family members to petition a court to temporarily remove firearms from a person who poses a risk of harm to self or others. For the duration of the order, the individual is also prohibited from purchasing firearms. ERPO laws are designed to provide a legal tool to intervene when there is demonstrable evidence that an individual is experiencing a temporary crisis, poses an imminent risk of harm to self or others, and has a firearm. ERPOs are sometimes referred to as gun violence restraining orders or extreme risk laws. ERPO laws have been enacted in 19 states a
What Took Him So Long?
I worked to build the Republican party. I became chairman of the local Young Republican Club and built it to several times its original size. Then I became state chairman. Then national vice chairman.
In 1974 I ran for Congress against a Democrat who had held the seat for 24 years. … Two years later, I flipped the seat, becoming the first Republican elected to Congress from Oklahoma City in half a century.
I joined the Reagan campaign in 1980, leading a group of policy advisory task forces co-chaired by Republican senators and House members. I moved up in the House Republican leadership and became chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. Altogether I served eight terms in the House.