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,…
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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…
Amend Tennessee’s Constitution to comply with the Second Amendment
Tennessee has a constitutional problem. The problem is that Tennessee’s Constitution, Article I, Section 26, which was last amended just after the Civil War, purports to grant to the Legislature the authority to regulate the wearing of arms. The problem is that this provision clearly violates the Second Amendment! Further, Tennessee’s Republican legislators and the…
Protect Responsible Gun Owners from Harsh Penalties under Tennessee’s “Posted Properties” statute
Tennessee has had a problem for many years as a result of an overly aggressive statute that makes it a criminal offense to even walk on property (public or private) that is posted. This statute is much harsher than the typical “trespass” statute which requires that the property owner or manager ask the individual to…
Tennessee Pending Legislation Report – February 21, 2025
Tennessee’s Legislators have been busy filing bills that relate to the Second Amendment. So far, TFA has identified 70 bills that it has marked for tracking (see PDF below). Predictably, some of these bills will have TFA’s support if they remain as presently written. The number of the supported bills is 8 including one that…
Did ATF reverse the Biden era “zero tolerance” enforcement policy?
News reports have proclaimed in the last week that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has dropped its “zero tolerance” policy that has been fabricated by it as a tool to revoke licenses of gun dealers and manufacturers over “paperwork errors”. A careful read of the ATF’s new, albeit heavily redacted, revision of…
Trump’s “promises made, promises kept” as reflected in Tennessee
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump became the nation’s 47th President. He campaigned the last four years on the promises that he was making to the American voters. On January 20 the world watched as Trump immediately set about to keep many of those promises. Promises made, promises kept – as evidenced by his actions…
Snow and defense of property in Tennessee
Weather reports are consistent that the entire state of Tennessee is expected to have an unusual statewide snow storm arrive on January 10, 2025, that with extended forecasts could exist for perhaps a week or more. Snow storms in Tennessee often result in power outages that sometime last days or weeks and vehicle wrecks which…