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Euphemism writes:

"The NRA has poured money into the pockets of these numbskulls"

I think if you look into it you will find that the NRA, which represents tens of millions of grassroots citizens, and cares about the right of self-defense, had one part-time lobbyist working on this.

Meanwhile the bill was opposed by the TN Restaurant Association whose members would not lose any customers if the law wasn't passed, but would have to make some gun owners mad if it was, by locking them out of restaurants.

TN Restaurant Assoc. poured big money and unleased vigorous lobbying muscle into their effort to have the law defeated, because it threatened profits. They claimed to be deeply concerned about potential violence and the public interest, but remember: these are the same people who over-serve alcohol EVERY DAY in TN and then watch their drunk customers stagger off to drive cars and kill people. People die EVERY DAY because restaurants over-serve.

That is okay with the anti-gun Tennessee Restaurant Association.

SO let's see what we have: anti-gun effort = moneyed corporate interests lobbying for profits, deceit about their real motives, disregard for public safety.

Pro-gun effort = grassroots participation, transparency in our motives, no pecuniary agenda, standing on principle.

Who is the real problem?
