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Edited on Sun Jul-11-10 08:06 AM by doeriver
All six of Ramsey's Carter County supporters turn out for Elizabethton gun store campaign stop
Front page, above the fold coverage by the Johnson City Press of Ron Ramsey's Friday campaign stop at Elizabethton gun store (Saturday July 10, 2010); Team Ramsey own campaign pictures reveal that only six or so local Ramsey campaign supporters turned out to hear TNGA Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey speak:
Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey's Photos - Mobile Uploads http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5917427&id=37264605451

Ramsey looks to sway gun owners http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?ID=78676
By Heather Richardson Press Staff Writer hrichardson@johnsoncitypress.com
photo caption: Ron Ramsey stands with Tommy Isaacs, co-owner of Tri-Cities Gun Depot in Elizabethton, during a campaign stop at the store Friday afternoon. (Dave Boyd / Johnson City Press)
In his 15th month of campaigning, gubernatorial candidate Ron Ramsey stopped in Elizabethton Friday afternoon to try to win over the hearts and votes local gun owners.
A small crowd gathered at Tri-Cities Gun Depot, 1760 W. Elk Ave., to meet the lieutenant governor and hear what he had to say. Ramsey, who is originally from the East Tennessee area, empathized with the locals while touting himself as the “biggest defender of second amendment rights in this campaign.”
In addressing the crowd, Ramsey shared some of his past reputation for defending gun rights including his help with a bill in 1997 that brought gun carry permits to Tennessee.
(more at above hyperlink...) I was out of state myself and could not attend this Elizabethton event, but the fellow in the orange UT polo shirt and khaki pants behind the counter looks an awful lot like TNGA House candidate Jerome Cochran (although not mentioned within the Press news report).
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