Handgun seizure: TN GOPers acquire 250,000+ ownership records to target non-bona fide loyalists

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Wow - the Tennessee Republican Party is apparently assembling a handgun seizure list for "non-party" handguns culled from a list of over 257,000 Tennessee handgun owners:

Backers of closing TN handgun database request records
BY ERIK SCHELZIG • ASSOCIATED PRESS • NOVEMBER 3, 2009

"Supporters of blocking public access to the names and addresses of Tennesseans with handgun carry permits appear to have a hard time keeping their hands off the records.

Records obtained and reviewed by The Associated Press show that copies of the state's database of more than 257,000 handgun permit holders were recently requested by the state Republican Party and a direct mail contractor that has done extensive work for the GOP's legislative caucus."

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Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey and supporters at range receiving paramilitary training.