On May 2, 2022, Tennessee Firearms Association joined with other national and state organizations to support an appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals of a case challenging and at the trial court level striking down certain state level infringements on firearms purchase procedures. The case is Yukutake, et al, v. Shikada, et al.,…
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Tennessee Firearms Association joins in amicus brief to US Supreme Court on high capacity magazines
On April 1, 2022, Tennessee Firearms Association joined with Gun Owners of America, Inc., and other national and state organizations to submit an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in a petition filed in the case of Virginia Duncan, et al., v. Rob Bonta, No. 21-1194. This is one of many cases in…
TFA joins GOA in amicus brief in Aposhian case at United States Supreme Court in effort to defeat bumpstock ban.
On Friday, September 3, 2021, Tennessee Firearms Association joined Gun Owners of America and other conservative 2nd Amendment advocacy groups in submitting an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in the case of W. Clark Aposhian v, Merrick Garland, Attorney General, et al. (No. 21-159). This case was initially filed in Utah as…
TFA files amicus brief in Sixth Circuit opposing “bump stock” ban
On August 2, 2021, Tennessee Firearms Association and 9 other similar state organizations filed an amicus brief in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to support a lawsuit by Gun Owners of America which seeks to have the ATF’s administrative reclassification of “bump stock” devices to be considered machineguns and thus contraband. In March 2021,…
TFA joins as amicus party in US Supreme Court case involving 2nd Amendment rights
On July 20, 2021, the Tennessee Firearms Association joined as an amicus party, or “friend of the court” with the Second Amendment Foundation in the case of New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc., et al., v. Kevin P. Bruen, et al., Supreme Court Docket 20-843. (A copy of the filing is available at…
TFA joins as amicus party in 9th Circuit case involving magazine limits in California
Tennessee Firearms Association supports an amicus brief filed with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Duncan v. Bonta, No: 19-55376, a matter involving California’s magazine capacity law. In this appellate mater, one of the real issues underlying the case is whether a court-made “two step analysis” that has been used by lower courts since…
TFA joins as amicus in brief with United States Supreme Court regarding the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
On September 4, 2019, the Tennessee Firearms Association joined forces with Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, The Heller Foundation, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, California Constitutional Rights Foundation, Policy Analysis Center and Restoring Liberty Action Committee by filing an amicus brief in a case by Remington Arms Co. and others against…
Tennessee Firearms Association joins as “amicus” in 2nd Amendment case to be heard by US Supreme Court
The Tennessee Firearms Association joined in an amicus brief filed with the United States Supreme Court on May 14, 2019, arguing that New York’s and other laws which regulate transportation of firearms violate the prohibitions imposed by the 2nd Amendment. The case is already before the United States Supreme Court under the style of New…
TFA’s Federal Litigation Update
In the last few years, Tennessee Firearms Association and, since early 2023, Tennessee Firearms Foundation (www.tennesseefirearmsfoundation.org) have increasingly engaged in federal and state litigation. First, let’s address the question of why. Tennessee Firearms Association has now been in existence for approximately 29 years. We have worked hard, as a grassroots organization, on efforts to get…
Supreme Court now sending cases back to appellate court’s with “do it again and get it right” message
On June 23, 2022, the Supreme Court decided the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association case in favor of protecting your Second Amendment rights. Tennessee Firearms Association had joined with other organizations and represented your interest in amicus filings in that case. But today, there is more great news. On June 30, 2022, the…