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…
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Bill Status Report as of March 28, 2025 and Calendar for the week of March 31, 2025
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…
Tennessee Bill Status Report March 21, 2025 and Calendar for Week of March 24, 2025
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…
Tennessee Bill Status Report – March 14, 2025, and Calendar for Week of March 17, 2025
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…
TFA joins Supreme Court amicus brief in support of challenge to campus carry regulations
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.…
TFA joins amicus brief in Supreme Court in support of Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act
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…
Tennessee Bill Status Report – March 7, 2025, and Calendar for Week of March 10, 2025
The Tennessee Legislature is moving forward with bills that are being monitored by TFA. However, almost none of the pro-2nd Amendment bills are being taken up in either house. As previously, Rep. Lowell Russell recently moved all firearms bills that are in the House Civil Justice Subcommittee to March 26, 2025. On March 4, 2025,…
Bill Status Report for February 28, 2025, and Bill Calendar for Week of March 3, 2025
There are a number bills which have had updates to their status this week and these changes (to the extent the information is publicly available) are in the bill status report below. There are a several bills that are on notice for hearings the week of March 3, 2025. Two of these address an issue…
Tennessee Firearms Foundation – John Rich Hosted Event – April 24, 2025
Sold Out! Thank You! The Tennessee Firearms Foundation, Inc. exists to help inform people regarding the truth concerning the state of Tennessee’s “unconstitutional” gun laws and to bring public interest lawsuits in local, state and federal cases to challenge those laws. You can help that mission succeed! The Tennessee Firearms Foundation, Inc. exists to help…
Why did Rep. Lowell Russell intentionally defer consideration of Second Amendment legislation?
Lowell Russell is the chair of the House Civil Justice Subcommittee. He serves on a number of House committees all as a result of being appointed to those positions by Speaker Cameron Sexton. On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, Rep. Russell was chairing the House Civil Justice Subcommittee. At that time, Rep. Jay Reedy had placed…