[1] He served as a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 65th district.
[1][2][3][4] Eddie Bass was born on November 3, 1957, in Giles County, Tennessee.
[2][3] From 2006 to 2012, Bass served as a state representative for the sixty-fifth district of Tennessee.
[1] He proposed a bill drafted by the National Rifle Association of America that would have forced businesses to allow employees to store firearms in vehicles parked on company lots.
[2][4][5] He considered running for reelection as a Republican in 2012, but renounced after he had angered GOP bosses by proposing the gun bill as a Democrat before them.