Tennessee Lawmaker Wants To Eliminate Non-Existent ‘No-Go Zones’

Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mt Juliet, speaks in the House Chamber of the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tenn. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The House voted 65-31 on Monday to override Gov. Phil Bredesen's veto of a bill to... Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mt Juliet, speaks in the House Chamber of the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tenn. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The House voted 65-31 on Monday to override Gov. Phil Bredesen's veto of a bill to limit local authority on requiring calorie counts to be listed on restaurant menus. The bill was introduced in response to a decision in Nashville last year to require menu labeling at chain restaurants. The Democratic governor vetoed the bill in July, citing Tennessee's obesity rate that ranks among the highest in the nation. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson) MORE LESS
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A Republican Tennessee lawmaker introduced a bill this month that would ask the state attorney general to report any existing “no-go zones” and work to eliminate them, The Tennessean reported.

State Rep. Susan Lynn’s bill does not specifically mention Muslims, but may allude to the non-existent Muslim “no-go zones” referenced on Fox News and by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) following the January terrorist attacks in Paris.

The legislation defines a “no-go zone” as a “a contiguous geographical area consisting of public space or privately owned public space where community organizing efforts systematically intimidate or exclude the general public or public workers from entering or being present within the area.”

Lynn insisted that the bill does not target a specific religious group.

“You might find it with gang activity, you might find it with organized crime, and of course we have heard that there were some places where it is happening with certain religious groups,” she told The Tennessean.

According to The Tennessean, Lynn did not offer any evidence that these areas exist.

“There are some people who claim that there are some areas of Tennessee where they feel this is happening. And as you know, when there’s activity happening where people sort of feel intimidated, there’s not exactly a sign up on the wall,” she said. “But it’s just an overall feeling of intimidation.”

Lynn said that state Sen. Bill Ketron, who sponsored the Senate version of the bill, “saw it with his own eyes” during a visit to Europe.

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  1. They need the space for No-Brain Zones.

  2. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    did not offer any evidence that these areas exist…some areas of Tennessee

    Didn’t God make Tennessee for retail porn and fireworks?

  3. Feelings, nothing more than feee-lings…

  4. Avatar for sjk sjk says:

    She needs to swallow a camera.

  5. This is nuts. Lying liars like Gingrich and Jindal tell stupid lying lies about this kind of nonsense, then some state rep goes to Europe and see three guys with beards standing on a corner and gets nervous, comes home all agitated and now an actual state legislature is taking time to ban a thing that doesn’t exist. Either that, or it’s a subtle ploy to freak the rest of us out so we buy more bourbon.

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