‘We are in trouble.’ State rep. calls out Gov. Bill Lee and ‘elitist political class’ in Nashville
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A Tennessee state representative took to social media to call out Gov. Bill Lee’s office and the “elitist political class” in Nashville, as he believes that the state is in trouble.

Rep. Monty Fritts (R-Kingston) claims that Gov. Lee’s office has created an out-of-control budget growth, actively worked against Tennesseans’ rights, and “none more egregious than this,” working to appeal recently overturned gun laws.

“The Nashville establishment elitists appear to be willing to expend more of your hard-earned dollars taken as taxes to fund the argument against our Creator-endowed rights,” Fritts said.

He’s pushing for Tennessee attorney general and Gov. Lee not to pursue the appeals of the overturned gun laws.

“One would expect the behavior we are seeing from a Biden-Harris administration but never from someone who would tell you they are a small government, responsible budget Republican… and Christian,” Fritts said. “Biden attacked our gun rights for 4 years, yet none of his attacks are more of a betrayal than this. If indeed our Founders were correct that we have been endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, then to oppress these rights is sin. What favor or obligation can fuel such an abandonment of principle?”

The following laws were recently overturned by a chancery court in Tennessee:

1. Making it illegal to carry a firearm in a public park
   1. This ruling now makes it legal to carry a gun in a state or municipal park.
2. “Intent to go Armed” law made it a crime for a person with or without a permit to be out and about with a gun, having the intent to use it.
   1. The court felt the language was too broad, and while that may not have been the law’s intent, it’s how it could be enforced, allowing law enforcement officers to stop anyone they observed with a gun and arrest them with a charge of intent to go armed.

All in all, it appears that Fritts is calling for more liberties and less government in Tennessee.