NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As President Barack Obama tried to pass gun control
legislation after a young man with an AR - 15 semiautomatic rifle killed 20 children in a Connecticut elementary school, a Tennessee group started working to give away the
same type of gun.
At the
same time, we face a daunting partisan environment in Congress for
legislation of any
type, as well as the added challenge
of responding to higher prices for fuels and electricity that are being occasioned both by the energy demand created by global economic recovery and by instability in North Africa and the Middle East.