Tennessee’s private schools have authority to establish “firearms friendly” policies

In 2016 Tennessee passed two new statutes with bi-partisan support that addressed the issue of whether Tennessee’s private schools, both K-12 and “higher education”, could establish their own policies with respect to whether and to what extent civilian possession of firearms would be prohibited on their campuses. These laws are codified at Tennessee Code Annotated…

How many Tennessee statutes constitute federal civil rights violations?

Actually, a better question might be how many Tennessee Governors and Legislators are proposing, passing and refusing to repeal statutes that are federal civil rights violations. Let’s just say … too many. In 2020, Governor Bill Lee announced that he was introducing “constitutional carry” legislation in the Tennessee Legislature. That legislation was introduced but obviously…

Tennessee Senate Judiciary – the inconvenient truth of constitutional stonewalling

The Tennessee Senate Judiciary, under the oversight of Chairman Todd Gardenhire, took up Senate Bill 1503 on March 21, 2023. The Senate Judiciary’s hearing on this bill evidences a cavernous void of constitutional stewardship by at least four Senate Republicans and two Senate Democrats on the committee. The Senate Judiciary is appointed entirely by Lt.…

Observations by a Second Amendment Advocate on the House Civil Justice Committee hearing.

By C. Richard Archie, TFA Director I was sitting in the House Civil Justice Committee hearing room on March 8, 2023, listening to the parade of Administrative Department heads, representatives and liaisons. I was struck by how government has taken possession of the “truth” by way of video. Like the January 6th Committee cherry picking…

Bill Lee’s administration oppressively working to preserve existing infringements on 2nd Amendment rights and create new ones.

Following the United States Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen in which it struck down a New York handgun permit law as violating the Second Amendment, some may have thought that finally Tennessee would eradicate 2nd Amendment and civil rights infringements on the rights of the people to…

Sen. John Stevens shares key mandate from US Supreme Court Bruen decision with Senate Judiciary

In June 2022, the United States Supreme Court released it’ s opinion in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen in which it struck down a New York handgun permit law as violating the Second Amendment. In that opinion, written by Justice Thomas, the Court held that a state cannot constitutionally prohibit a citizen from…