OP-ED IN THE TENNESSEAN: "Allowing guns at Legislative Plaza would increase safety"

Nikki Goeser & I had an op-ed featured in The Tennessean (March 15, 2016)

Democrats sure seem worried that there will soon be no safe place left for them in Nashville. The Legislative Plaza and the War Memorial Building, where state legislators have their offices, were caught up in a debate last month about taking down its “gun-free zone” signs. 

The problem with gun-free zones, which ban law-abiding civilians from carrying, is that they don’t exactly scare off criminals. In fact, they have just the opposite effect. Disarming everyone, including legislators or staffers, on their way to and from the buildings leaves them easy targets to criminals and terrorists.

The rest of the op-ed is available here.