Gun Free Dining

05/27/2015

GFDT will stop operating as of June 1, 2015. It has been difficult for us to continually update the changing policies of the hundreds of restaurants listed in our database, and to keep up with the many closings and new openings taking place in the restaurant industry. We want to thank all our supporters, and hope that you can all -- on your own -- ask restaurants that serve alcohol to post no-gun signs.

04/28/2015

GFDT is looking for new leadership. If you are interested in running the organization, please let us know.

05/20/2014

Interesting article regarding the history of the Second Amendment. Check it out!
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/nra-guns-second-amendment-106856.html?hp=pm_1 #.U3t94_ldWTN

“A fraud on the American public.” That’s how former Chief Justice Warren Burger described the idea that the Second Amendment gives an unfettered individual right to a gun. When he spoke these words to PBS in 1990, the rock-ribbed conservative appointed by Richard Nixon was expressi…

04/14/2014

Another interesting article regarding domestic violence gun ban law. http://news.yahoo.com/high-court-bolsters-domestic-violence-gun-ban-law-153041067--politics.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — People convicted of minor domestic violence offenses can be barred from possessing guns even in states where no proof of physical violence is required to support the domestic violence charge, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

04/14/2014

Check out this website that is related to our cause. It provides resources for business owners who wish to establish gun-free policies!
http://gunfreespaces.org/

This website exists to provide business owners with resources to enable them to identify their establishments as places where guns are not allowed. This site takes no stand on any issue pertaining to guns other than affording business owners an understanding of and the ability to exercise their righ...

04/07/2014

Remember to follow us on Twitter!
https://twitter.com/GunFreeDining

04/02/2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/us/chefs-find-political-waters-anything-but-tepid.html?hpw&rref=dining&_r=1
Check out this front page article in the New York Times addressing the political pressures facing restaurants, and also mentions Ray Friedman from Gun Free Dining Tennessee.

Some chefs have entered willingly into American social debates while others have found themselves unwittingly caught up in cultural wars.

04/01/2014

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2592116/CNNs-Piers-Morgan-takes-final-parting-shot-NRA-cowardly-politicans-signing-off.html
Interesting read.

The British-born presenter cited gun violence statistics and expressed dismay that mass shootings including those in Newtown, Connecticut, and Aurora, Colorado, haven't led to stricter gun control laws.

03/13/2014

Statistics proving why background checks are so important.
http://marchsabbath.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/FUPGV-Background-Checks-Are-Saving-Lives.pdf

03/06/2014

Support to keep guns out of community parks.
http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/keep-guns-out-of-tennessee-parks

Tennessee has a significant gun problem: some 453,000 Tennesseans hold concealed-carry (CCW) permits, many of whom own multiple guns. Thousands of others own guns without CCW permits. In just one year following the Sandy Hook tragedy, nine Tennessee children under 12 died from gun violence. Tennesse...

11/19/2013

Please join "Imagine No Gun Violence" at their annual concert being held on December 12 at 3rd and Lindsley. Refer to the link below for more details. http://www.imaginenogunviolence.org/

An organization dedicated to reducing gun violence in Middle TN and aiding those affected by it.

11/19/2013

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Senator Creigh Deeds and his family. We wish his family the best while dealing with the loss of a loved one. We would also like to wish the Senator a fast and speedy recovery.