On February 27, 2020, Bill Lee announced that he will be filing an “administration bill” to adopt “constitutional carry” in Tennessee. He spoke about how this was the necessary step compelled by the language of the 2nd Amendment. At this time, the draft of this administration bill has not been released and, to my knowledge,…
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Gov. Bill Lee announces his sudden support for “constitutional carry” and other changes
February 27, 2020 – Nashville, Tennessee Over the last few weeks, Tennessee Firearms Association and its legislative friends have repeatedly been made aware that a “major announcement” was coming soon on a 2nd Amendment issue. TFA was told from its sources that TFA’s members would likely be very pleased with the legislation. This week TFA…
News alert – Announcement expected from TN Legislature on permitless carry
Tennessee Firearms Association has been aware for some time now that a major or significant “announcement” would be coming in the near future from the Tennessee Legislature and possibly Governor Lee regarding 2nd Amendment legislation in 2020. It appears that this anticipated announcement may come perhaps today, February 27, 2020, around 11:00 a.m. CST. We…
Alert – Developments on civil immunity, permitting fees and other bills
February 25, 2020, was a revealing day in the Legislature for some of the bills that Tennessee Firearms Association is monitoring. Some good news, some just worthy of closer observation. First, HB2660 (Rep. Chris Todd) is a bill that is designed to strengthen Tennessee’s civil immunity laws relative to self-defense events which is needed since…
Action notice – bills are moving! Legislative Report and Calendar for February 21, 2020
It seems with approximately 60 bills related to the issues that Tennessee Firearms Association tracks having activity since the first of the year, that it is going to be a busy and fast session. We are seeing bills now that are starting to move through the committees and we are starting to see suggestions of…
Legislative Bill Report and Calendar for February 17, 2020
The TFA’s Legislative Bill Report and Calendar for the week of February 17, 2020 are linked below. It appears that our primary bills of interest are not on notice or moving at this time. However, it is also prudent to understand that some bills which do not appear significant might suddenly be amended at the…
Legislative bill report as of February 7, 2020
The TFA has been reviewing some of the 1500 or so bills that have been filed for the 2020 legislative session. It appears about 60 new bills have been filed since last year’s legislative efforts ended. At the bottom of this page are the bill reports as of February 7, 2020 and the calendar report…
How does Tennessee compare to the “serious attack” on the 2nd Amendment in Virginia?
The news media is on fire for the last few weeks about the events that have been taking place in Virginia and that are scheduled for today. Even President Trump recently tweeted that “your 2nd Amendment is under very serious attack” in Virginia. While there is a great deal of main stream media focus on…
Reciprocity Update – Tennessee’s TWO permits are not treated equally
Tennessee has had a civilian handgun permit since May 1994. Tennessee’s original civilian handgun permit was renamed in 2019 as the “enhanced” permit. Nothing was enhanced or improved, it was just a new name. At present, thirty-six (36) states honor the Tennessee “enhanced” permit. For the last several years, TFA has pushed legislation that would…
Tennessee’s alternative “concealed only” permit and why you should not pick it
Tennessee legislators created a second type of civilian handgun permit in 2019 that went into effect on January 1, 2020. It is a “concealed only” permit. Tennessee Firearms Association opposed the legislation and strongly recommends against citizens considering this concealed only option. Here is why. Tennessee first passed a handgun permit law in May of…