TFA joins in amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in 4th Amendment / 2nd Amendment case

On July, 5, 2022, TFA joined Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Virginia Citizens Defense League, Heller Foundation, America’s Future, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund in an amicus brief that was filed in the case of Wayne Torcivia v. Suffolk County, New York, et al., Case: 21-1522.

The case involved a warrantless invasion by law enforcement officers which ultimately resulted in the warrantless seizure of firearms from Mr. Torcivia. The issue addressed in the amicus brief examines a “growing trend in the lower courts to reduce Fourth Amendment protections when firearms are involved. There is no basis for courts to create various types of firearms exceptions to the Fourth Amendment.” This is a core problem with many in the law enforcement and other communities – they believe that firearms are not a protected property interest, that firearms are so inherently different that standard constitutional protections of property interests and warrant requirements should not apply and that they, the government, have a duty to take possession of firearms from the public at every opportunity possible.

This is the type of misplaced fear of civilian ownership of firearms that appears at time behind numerous “government” policies including restrictions on handgun ownership/purchases, restrictions on who can carry for self defense and what they can carry, restrictions pertaining to gun free zones and even the talk about the need for “Red Flag” laws.

Because of the financial support and donated services of Tennessee Firearms Association’s members, we are able as a group to continue the representation of our interests and the efficient defense of the rights protected by the 2nd Amendment and other constitutional protections. Please help us grow TFA’s membership and donor base because we have more of these in the pipeline including working on the appeal in the search and seizure case that restricted (rightly so) TWRA’s ability to enter private property without a warrant or probable cause.