Tennessee political action committees were required to file disclosures by July 10, 2024, detailing which candidates and entities they are financially supporting. Many gun control groups represent that they and their members support the Second Amendment but that they want “reasonable” gun control laws and/or laws that advance public safety. One of Tennessee’s newest gun…
Federal Court in Kansas denies injunction request to State of Tennessee against ATF’s “engaged in business rule”
On July 10, 2024, Federal District Judge Toby Crouse (appointed by Trump), sitting in Kansas, denied a request by two dozen states, including Tennessee, for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against the ATF’s new “engaged in business” rule. Opinion below. The result of this ruling is that the ATF’s new rule which…
2024 Candidate Interviews on Second Amendment issues
Tennessee Firearms Association contacted the 2024 candidates for the State Senate who had contested Republican primaries to interview them to get their responses to a limited set of questions in advance of the upcoming primaries. Each candidate was given the list of questions in advance and all candidates were given the same questions Each candidate…
United States Supreme Court strikes down ATF’s “bump stock” rule.
On June 14, 2024, the United States Supreme Court in its decision in Cargill v. Merrick Garland, et al, 22-976 struck down the ATF’s bump stock rule in a 6-3 decision written by Justice Thomas. Tennessee Firearms Association and the Tennessee Firearms Foundation joined Gun Owners of American and Gun Owners Foundation by submitting an…
Federal Court in Texas declares ATF “pistol brace” rule void
On June 13, 2024, Federal District Judge Reed O’Connor, of the Northern District of Texas, held that the ATF’s “pistol brace” rule is void. Although it did not address the constitutional challenges to the ATF’s actions, the Court found that it did not need to reach the constitutional issues since the ATF’s conduct violated “[Administrative…
Federal Court enjoins ATF’s “engaged in business” rule
On June 11, 2024, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, issued a preliminary injunction against the ATF’s enforcement of its “engaged in business” rule. The preliminary injunction protects individuals in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Utah, as well as the members of Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Tennessee…
Covenant School shooting records leaked?
On March 27, 2023, a multi-victim shooting took place in Nashville, Tennessee at the Covenant Church / Covenant School which involved the murder of six individuals. On May 1, 2023, Tennessee Firearms Association and Sheriff (retired) James Hammond filed, with the assistance of Judicial Watch, an open records request with the Metropolitan Police Department to…
Tennessee Legislature’s 2024 failures on Second Amendment bills
The Tennessee Legislature had over 200 bills in the 2023-2024 session that Tennessee Firearms Tracked. Recently, TFA reported on the bills that were enacted in 2024. This report is to examine some of the bills that were filed in 2024 that were strong Second Amendment bills but which the Tennessee Legislature completely failed to pass.…
2024 Legislative Review
The 2023-2024 Legislative session has concluded and the facts could not be any clearly. The 113th General Assembly, which operated under a Republican super majority in both houses with Lt. Governor Randy McNally in charge of the Senate and Speaker Cameron Sexton in charge of the House, failed to pass any significant legislation that would…
Arkansas Federal Court refuses to issue preliminary injunction against ATF “engaged in business rule”
On May 1, 2024, more than 20 states including the state of Tennessee sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in federal court in Arkansas in which they claimed that the ATF’s new “engaged in business” rule was void. The lead plaintiff in the litigation was the state of Kansas. The states sought…