Latest updates on firearm legislation in Tennessee. Track bills, votes, and policy changes affecting your Second Amendment rights, with analysis from the Tennessee Firearms Association.
Over the last few years, Tennessee Firearms Association has worked with a number of state legislators to improve existing laws regarding civil immunity for those who resort to justifiable self-defense. Under existing law, a person who found themselves in a situation where they found it necessary to use deadly force in self-defense could be at…
Legislative committees are closing down. Soon, we will know what 2nd Amendment related issues are going to be enacted by the Republican super majority and which are not. Never, never forget that with the super majority, the failure to enact any legislation or the enactment of legislation. good or bad, is solely the act of…
The Legislature is rapidly moving forward with many of the bills that have been flagged for tracking by Tennessee Firearms Association. All of those bills that have had activity the week of March 8 are covered in the Bill Status Report. All of the bills that we are expecting to be heard in committee or…
The Legislature is rapidly addressing the bills that the Tennessee Firearms Association has flagged for tracking. There are three bills that clearly are at the top of the list because they all address permitless carry proposals. The bill getting the most attention is the Governor’s Bill – HB786/SB765. The attention is likely because it is…
The Tennessee Legislature has started working this week on many 2nd Amendment related bills including several that address constitutional carry or permitless carry. The weekly bill activity report is posted below. A few specific bills to watch: SB227 and HB103, as filed, would require firearms safety instruction in public schools. This can be a good…
As of February 5, 2021, there are 23 bills filed which TFA is tracking. There are five new bills discussed in this update. In this report, it is important to note as with all the other filed bills that some of these are merely “caption bills”. That is, the bills have a broad caption and…
The Tennessee Legislature’s 2021 session has really been sort of diverted from a normally expected path because of the Governor’s special called session on education as well as the continued impact of Covid. When we did our review this morning of the over 800 bills which have been filed so far, we noted that there…
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.
