Tennessee Firearms Association has conducted its 2022 Candidate Survey. TFA sends out survey questionnaires to candidates for the
offices of governor, state House of Representatives and state Senate.
Rather than give “ratings” or “endorsements” which can be misleading
and/or influenced by inappropriate factors, the TFA is releasing a copy
of the blank survey that was sent to the candidates as well as a
response spreadsheet.
TFA tabulated the responses into a spreadsheet. This response shows
an “1” for support under each question that the candidate answered with
an unqualified supportive “yes” answer. If the candidate did not answer
the question or the answer was negative, then the response is blank to
indicate a negative response and to make the grid easier to identify
positive responses. A candidate that did not return his or her survey is
presumed by TFA to have answered in the negative on all questions.
Many
incumbents in 2022 apparently decided that they would not respond to
the TFA’s survey. This is unfortunate because it indicates a conscious
choice by those candidates to withhold their positions on important
Second Amendment topics from potential voters. If you are in a district
where one or more primary or general election candidates did not
respond to the survey, please insist that they get a copy of the survey
and immediately send it to TFA for scoring.
TFA has scanned all original candidate responses in the event a
candidate wishes to challenge the tabulations. TFA does not intend to
post the individual scanned responses online.
The Survey Questionnaire (blank) and the responses of candidates on on this news post on the TFA's main website.
