On February 16, 2023, a lawsuit was filed by Stephen L. Hughes, Duncan O’Mara, Elaine Kehel, Gun Owners of America, Inc., and Gun Owners Foundation against Bill Lee, in his official capacity as the governor of the state of Tennessee, and Jonathan Skrmetti, in his official capacity as the state’s Attorney General. See, Stephen L.…
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TFA joins amicus brief to United States Supreme Court supporting Smith and Wesson appeal
On December 3, 2024, Tennessee Firearms Association and Tennessee Firearms Foundation joined Gun Owners of America, Inc., and several others in an amicus brief that was filed in the United States Supreme Court in the appeal by Smith and Wesson in a case filed by the country of Mexico against Smith and Wesson. The appeal…
Sen. Janice Bowling supports TFA’s lawsuit against City of Memphis regarding firearms ordinances
Senator Janice Bowling, the Senate sponsor of Senate Bill 2763 (113th General Assembly), has notified the Tennessee Firearms Association that she supports the lawsuit filed by TFA, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation and Ty Timmermann against the City of Memphis which lawsuit seeks to declare the city’s recently enacted firearms ordinances to be…
Senator Brent Taylor supports TFA lawsuit against City of Memphis over firearms ordinances adopted in violation of state preemption.
On November 17, 2024, Brent Taylor, a Tennessee Senator for Shelby County, issued an official comment on the lawsuit that was filed by Tennessee Firearms Association, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation and Ty Timmermann against the City of Memphis. In his letter, Senator Taylor, who is also a member of the Tennessee Senate…
TFA and others sue the City of Memphis to enjoin enforcement of firearms ordinances
On November 13, 2024, the Tennessee Firearms Association filed a lawsuit (copy below) against the City of Memphis seeking to enjoin three recently enacted ordinances that violate Tennessee’s preemption statutes which reserve to the state the exclusive authority to regulate firearms issues. TFA was joined in the filing by Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners…
Memphis ignores state law with new referendum that also violates the Second Amendment
On Election Day 2024 (November 5), the voters in Memphis were asked to consider several local charter amendments that impact the rights which are protected by the Second Amendment. By an overwhelming majority, the results indicate that the voters in Memphis approved these clearly illegal proposals. The issue now will likely proceed to the courts.…
Does Bill Lee truly support the Second Amendment?
On February 27, 2020, Governor Bill Lee announced that “he” was proposing legislation to enact constitutional carry in Tennessee. He did introduce legislation. It was not constitutional carry (Tennessee does not have constitutional carry even today). There is no clear evidence midway through his second term that he has actually ever supported the true effect…
Supreme Court to hear oral argument on October 8, 2024, on ATF’s appeal of the “frame and receiver” decision
On October 8, 2024, the United States Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the ATF’s appeal of the Fifth Circuit’s ruling invalidating the agency’s “frame and receiver” rule which sought to ban the manufacture and distribution of unfinished lower receivers so that individuals could build their own firearms. The case is Merrick…
Texas Federal Court strikes down ATF’s classification of “force reset triggers” as machineguns
On July 23, 2024, Federal District Judge Reed O’Connor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted summary judgment against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and struck down the ATF’s rule that classified “force reset triggers” (“FRT”) as devices that covert semi-automatic firearms into machineguns. See, National…
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…