On Friday, December 16, 2022, WTN’s (FM 99.7 Nashville) Brian Wilson interviewed Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton about possible Second Amendment related Tennessee legislation in 2023. Among various topics, they briefly discussed the fact that Tennessee still does not have REAL constitutional carry and the possibility that legislation to enact real constitutional carry in Tennessee might come up in the 2023 Legislative Session.
At present, Tennessee does not have real constitutional carry. Real constitutional carry would mean that it is not a crime to carry a firearm in public. Instead, Tennessee’s laws (for over 2 centuries) have generally made it a criminal act for an individual to carry a firearm “with the intent to go armed”. That law puts the unconstitutional burden on the individual citizens to prove (to a jury) that the act of carrying a firearm (even on their own property) falls within one of several statutory affirmative defenses.
The entire interview, which also covered other potential 2023 Legislative issues, can be heard on Brian Wilson’s podcast page.
We have edited the full audio clip down to the portion that is just the discussion of the Second Amendment issues.
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