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  Tenn. Pol Mad About Tourist Gun Arrest Warns NYers to Watch Speed
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News DateFriday, January 20, 2012 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionA Tennessee legislator is proposing a motion that would target New York drivers caught speeding in his state in apparent retribution for the city busting a tourist who, unfamiliar with the Big Apple’s strict gun laws, brought a loaded pistol to ground zero.

Meredith Graves, a 39-year-old registered nurse, and her husband drove to New York for a job interview and stopped to pay their respects at the 9/11 memorial. Graves, who has a full legal carry permit in her home state of Tennessee, tried to check the loaded pistol with NYPD officers once she saw a sign prohibiting weapons on the premises.

She was arrested and charged with second-degree weapons possession.

Tennessee Rep. Frank Niceley urged New York to use “common sense” in prosecuting the woman, who claims she didn’t know her Tennessee permit was void in New York, reports the Daily News.

The end of his motion reads, “Be it further resolved that we remind the citizens of New York, especially those residing in New York City, to drive carefully through the great State of Tennessee, paying extra attention to our speed limits."
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