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Overwhelming support for the trial court ruling striking down 2 Tennessee gun control statutes as unconstitutional

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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August 29, 2025 No Comments

Protect our rights – take action now to stop any appeal

For over two decades the Tennessee Firearms Association has worked tirelessly in the state Legislature to repeal laws that violated Tennesseans’ constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms. It’s not every day that we receive a Second Amendment victory, but thanks to the work of the Tennessee Firearms Association and Gun Owners of America,…

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August 28, 2025 No Comments

Sen. Brent Taylor opposes State Attorney General appealing ruling declaring two gun control statutes unconstitutional

On August 26, 2025, Senator Brent Taylor (R) issued a letter to Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti in which Sen. Taylor supported the three-judge panel ruling against the State striking down the “intent to go armed” and “parks” statutes and encouraging that the Attorney General not appeal the ruling.   Other state legislators, including Rep. Jody Barrett (video)…

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August 27, 2025 No Comments

Are the “Going Armed” and “Parks” statutes void now?

On August 22, 2025, a panel of three Tennessee judges ruled that Tennessee’s “intent to go armed” statute violates the Tennessee Constitution and the Second Amendment. The court also declared unconstitutional Tennessee’s statute which makes it a criminal offense to merely carry certain weapons in parks and recreational areas even if for self-defense. See, Stephen…

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August 25, 2025 No Comments

Hughes v. Lee – do we now have constitutional carry?

On August 22, 2025, a panel of three Tennessee judges issued a significant ruling on the limit imposed by the Tennessee Constitution on the scope of authority of the State of Tennessee to infringe rights of individuals to keep and bear arms. In Stephen Hughes, et al., v. Bill Lee, et al., Gibson Chancery No:…

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August 23, 2025 No Comments

Tennessee’s “intent to go armed” and “parks” statutes declared unconstitutional

On August 22, 2025, a three-judge panel (the “court”) in Tennessee declared Tennessee’s intent to go armed statute unconstitutional. The court also declared Tennessee’s statute that prohibits carrying firearms in parks to be unconstitutional. Tennessee’s “intent to go armed” statute is contained in Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1307(a)(1) which provides “A person commits an offense…

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August 22, 2025 No Comments

Tennessee’s primaries are designed to fail the voters

Tennessee’s primaries are designed to fail the voters. As designed, the current Tennessee party primary process has the intentionally designed result of allowing the declared primary winner to be a candidate that sometime 70% or more of the voters actually rejected. That actually makes no sense except in the minds of politicians. For example, consider…

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August 7, 2025 No Comments

What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.

Thomas Jefferson