Issue Position: Our Constitutional Guarantees

Issue Position

Our Second Amendment rights are absolute and important.
As a gun-owner and lifetime NRA member, I will defend the Second Amendment from those who are hostile to our Constitution. I believe it is wrong for the government to take our rights and sell them back to us as a privilege. That's why I am committed to eliminating the carry permit fee, and signing constitutional carry, because no one should have to pay a tax for exercising their constitutional rights.

We cannot compromise on our First Amendment protections for religious liberty.
Tennessee has a rich tradition of faith and civic leaders lifting up families and working together to make communities stronger. But that tradition cannot survive if religious liberty comes under attack.

Our constitution protects an absolute, fundamental right to live your life -- at home and in the work place -- according to your values and your faith. Our state's leaders should defend that right as a necessary condition for a free and prosperous Tennessee.

We've lost our way when it comes to the 10th Amendment and our relationship with the federal government.
I believe our Founders created the greatest system of government in human history: a federalist system of states, operating as laboratories of innovation, with a limited central government. They could never have foreseen a future where 40% of a state's budget would be controlled by federal mandate. To preserve our state's future, as governor, I will defend our citizens against an overzealous federal bureaucracy and empower Tennesseans to lead the way.

What does the Constitution mean to me? Watch my interview below:

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