The Tennessee Legislature is rushing at an unusual pace to conclude its work for 2025. Reports indicate that this has nothing to do with the successful management of the “People’s Business.” Rather, it appears several Tennessee legislators may be under subpoena to testify in the criminal trial against their formed leader Glen Casada which is…
Tennessee has a provision in its statutes that makes it a crime to carry a firearm (or a club) anywhere at any time with the “intent to go armed”. Tenn. Code Ann. 39-17-1307(a)(1). Doing so is a criminal act. Indeed, its a crime if you do so on your own private property or even in…
On March 26, 2025, Tennessee Firearms Association and Gun Owners of America hosted a joint lobby day at the Tennessee Legislature. We had a great turnout for the event. One thing that was unusually, is that several of the House committees had coincidentally scheduled many of the bills that we were tracking this year for…
The Tennessee Legislature continues to demonstrate that is does not plan to enact REAL Constitutional Carry in 2025 or to make other changes to repeal existing laws that violate the Second Amendment. The Legislative Leadership – Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, House Speaker Cameron Sexton, Senator Jack Johnson and Representative William Lamberth – have given no…
The Tennessee Legislature appears posed to stonewall or block substantially all pro-Second Amendment bills that have been filed in 2025. Of course, this is not surprising when you have legislators like Speaker Cameron Sexton, Rep. Andrew Farmer and Sen. Jack Johnson latching onto ideas contained in Democrat bills and amending those ideas into their own…
On March 10, 2025, Tennessee Firearms Association and Tennessee Firearms Foundation joined Gun Owners of America and 8 other organizations to submit an amicus brief in support of the a challenge that has been submitted to the United States Supreme Court in a case challenging a campus carry regulation that has been enacted in Michigan.…
On February 26, 2025, Tennessee Firearms Association and Tennessee Firearms Foundation joined Gun Owners of America and 13 other organizations to submit an amicus brief in support of the State of Missouri’s application for permission to appeal to the United States Supreme Court. On February 26, 2025, Tennessee Firearms Association and Tennessee Firearms Foundation joined…
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.
