Tennessee’s August primary election is Thursday, August 6, 2026. As Election Day approaches, Tennessee Firearms Association is receiving a substantial number of questions about candidate surveys, interviews, campaign contributions, and endorsements. The most common question is straightforward: Who has TFA endorsed? More precisely, the most common theme is who is TFA supporting in the Republican…
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The Most Important August Races That You May Be Ignoring
Tennessee’s State Executive Committee Elections Matter On August 6, 2026, Tennessee voters will select candidates for governor, Congress, the General Assembly, and other public offices. Republican and Democratic primary voters will also elect the members of their parties’ State Executive Committees. These races may appear near the bottom of the ballot, but they should not…
TFA Interviews Republican Gubernatorial Candidates – well, it tried to…
Tennessee’s August 2026 primary will select the Republican nominee for governor in 2026. As a practical matter, that primary IS the election and the November general election will likely be nothing more than a formality. Tennessee Firearms Association sent its written 27 question survey to all Tennessee candidates for Governor and the Legislature. Of the…
Plaintiffs File Supplemental Authority in Hughes v. Lee Following U.S. Supreme Court’s Wolford Decision
The appeal in Stephen Hughes, et al. v. Bill Lee, et al. was argued before the Tennessee Court of Appeals on June 23, 2026. That appeal concerns the State of Tennessee’s challenge to the decision of the three-judge trial court declaring Tennessee’s “intent to go armed” statute and its parks weapons ban unconstitutional. Just two…
250 Years After Independence: Tennessee’s Opportunity to Restore Liberty
July 4, 2026 marks 250 years since the founding states declared that liberty is not a gift from government, not a privilege granted by rulers, and not a favor to be withdrawn when those in power find it inconvenient. Liberty is an inherent right. It belongs to the people. It must be guarded by the…
Supreme Court’s Wolford v. Lopez Decision May Have A Major Impact on the Hughes v. Lee Appeal
On June 25, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued an important Second Amendment decision in Wolford v. Lopez. That decision may have a major impact on the pending challenge to Tennessee’s “intent to go armed” law and the “parks” gun ban in Hughes v. Lee. Hughes v. Lee is the Tennessee case that was…
TFA’s 2026 Survey – Marsha Blackburn Was Sent the Survey — She Did Not Respond
Tennessee Firearms Association has received repeated questions regarding its 2026 Tennessee Governor Candidate Survey. The most frequent questions have been whether the survey was sent to Marsha Blackburn and whether she responded. The answer to both questions is direct. Yes, the survey was sent to Marsha Blackburn. No, Marsha Blackburn did not respond. TFA mailed…
TFA 2026 Candidate Survey for Tennessee Governor
The Tennessee Firearms Association has released the results of its 2026 candidate survey for candidates for Governor of Tennessee. The survey was provided to candidates as an opportunity to state, in writing, their positions on specific Second Amendment, constitutional-rights, judicial-review, firearms-law, due-process, preemption, and firearms-commerce issues that may come before Tennessee’s next governor and the…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Hawaii Carry Restriction in Wolford v. Lopez
TFA Amicus Position Vindicated as Court Rejects Post-Bruen Efforts to Make Carry Permits Practically Worthless On June 25, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Wolford v. Lopez, holding that Hawaii violated the Second and Fourteenth Amendments by prohibiting licensed carry permit holders from carrying handguns on private property open to the…
Update on Hughes v. Lee Appeal – the State Appeals the Constitutional Challenge to Intent to Go Armed
Stephen Hughes, et al. v. Bill Lee, et al., W2025-01327-COA-R3-CV (case link) is the constitutional challenge brought by three TFA members, together with Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners Foundation, against two Tennessee statutes that have long burdened the right to keep and bear arms. The challenged statutes are Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1307(a),…