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What does the Court of Appeal’s stay mean in Hughes v. Lee?

On September 30, 2025, the Tennessee Court of Appeals issued a “stay” of the three-judge trial court’s ruling in Hughes et al. v. Lee et al which ruling declared two of Tennessee’s gun control statutes unconstitutional. Although the trial court ruling declared these two statutes unconstitutional, it did not issue an injunction which would have

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Governor Lee and Attorney General Skrmetti ask Court of Appeals to hear “Emergency” motion for stay of Hughes’ ruling

On August 22, 2025, a three-judge panel completely struck down as unconstitutional in a summary judgment ruling in favor of the Plaintiffs two of Tennessee’s more onerous gun control statutes – one which makes it a crime to carry a firearm with the “intent to go armed” and another which banned carrying certain weapons in

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Hughes’ Court rejects request by Lee and Skrmetti to continue enforcing unconstitutional laws

On September 10, 2025, the three-judge panel that ruled two of Tennessee’s gun control statutes unconstitutional and void likewise completely rejected the request of Governor Bill Lee, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and the other state Defendants to allow them to continue to ignore the court’s ruling and to thereby continue to enforce these statutes pending

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Bill Lee and Jonathan Skrmetti move for a stay of the court ruling to give them an opportunity to reverse it on appeal

On August 22, 2025, a three judge panel completely struck down as unconstitutional two of Tennessee’s more egregious gun control statutes – one which makes it a crime to carry a firearm with the “intent to go armed” and another which banned carrying certain weapons in parks, greenways, campgrounds and other recreational areas. This ruling

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Tennessee’s “vehicle transport” statute – what does it mean?

In 2014 Tennessee enacted an “exception” to the draconian statutory scheme in Tennessee that makes it a crime to “carry with the intent to go armed … a firearm” anywhere, at any time, even in your own home or on your own property. See, TCA 39-17-1307(a) & (e). Of course, there are statutory “defenses” to

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