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For Immediate Release

July 1, 2014

2014 Candidate Firearms Survey
Results Released

Tennessee Firearms Association asks state legislative primary
candidates where they stand on the Second Amendment


NASHVILLE, TN - The Tennessee Firearms Association has released the results of their 2014 state
candidate survey today. The survey consists of 26 questions on Second Amendment issues, including
Constitutional Carry and Safe Commute, as well as striking down federal law that violate the Tenth
Amendment. The survey was sent to every candidate running for state legislative office in the August 7th
primary election.

"Our goal was simply to ask candidates where they stand on the right to keep and bear arms and then to
make that information available to the voters for their use when voting" said John Harris, Executive Director
of the Tennessee Firearms Association. "Candidates who refused to take a stand by not returning their
survey will be judged by the pro- Second Amendment voters in their district."

The survey also includes a Leadership Pledge allowing candidates to state on the record that they would not
endorse other candidates who are anti-gun, would not vote for leadership who is anti-gun, would work
towards a recorded floor vote on firearms legislation, and would work to make caucus meetings open to the
public.

Every candidate who returned their survey has their answers posted on the TFA website. Representatives
Vance Dennis and Josh Evans informed the TFA that they refused to return their completed survey.
Representative Charles Sargent promised in a public meeting to return his survey but then refused to do so.
Candidate Clark Boyd, who is challenging Senator Mae Beavers, also told TFA he would be returning his
survey but did not.

The answers from each candidate can be viewed here:
http://www.tennesseefirearms.org/news/item/7-2014-candidate-survey-results

The Tennessee Firearms Association was founded in 1995 and formed to defend the right to keep and bear
arms in Tennessee. The TFA is Tennessee's only no-compromise gun group.

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