Tennessee’s Legislators have been busy filing bills that relate to the
Second Amendment. So far, TFA has identified 70 bills that it has
marked for tracking (see PDF).
Predictably, some of these bills will have TFA’s support if they
remain as presently written. The number of the supported bills is 8
including one that is an effort (House Joint Resolution 53)
to again amend the state’s constitution to bring it into compliance
with the Second Amendment and Supreme Court decisions that have defined
some boundaries on the authority of states to infringe those rights. Of
course, that same issue was pending last year and was approved by the
Senate but it was killed by certain individuals in the House Republican
caucus. HJR53 is scheduled to be heard in the House Civil Justice
Subcommittee on February 26 – let’s see if they kill it again!
The
majority of the bills that have been filed are either flagged for
opposition, typically because they violate the Second Amendment, or they
are flagged as possible caption bills which means that we don’t know
the true intent of the sponsors.
The list of pending bills and a report of those which are scheduled
to be heard the week of February 24, 2025, are included on the TFA's website.
Please take a look at these bills and let us know of any others that you think TFA should be tracking.
Also, get busty now and start contacting your legislators. Let them know that you are insisting that they pass truly pro-Second Amendment laws such as:
- A constitutional amendment to make Tennessee’s constitution consistent with the Second Amendment
- Enact Real Constitutional Carry
- Eliminate the ban on carrying longarms
- Eliminate Gun Free Zones
- Make the violation of Second Amendment rights a civil rights violation under state law
- Change the law to allow citizens to effectively defend their home and property from criminals
- Stop anything that looks like a Red Flag law
Finally, if you conclude that Tennessee's laws do not fully satisfy the Second Amendment's "shall not be infringed" mandate, call the Governor, call these Republican Legislative leaders, and call your own legislators and ask them "Why, why does Tennessee violate the Second Amendment?"
Governor Bill Lee (615) 741-2001
Lt. Governor Randy McNally (615) 741-6806 Speaker Cameron Sexton (615) 741-2343
Senator Jack Johnson (615) 741-2495 Rep. William Lamberth (615) 741-1980
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