The Tennessee Legislature was able to work through a full session in
2021 without too many of the problems being attributed to Covid-19. The
year had significant hopes as at least three bills were pending which
addressed either permitless carry or something much more desirable and
closer to real constitutional carry. TFA tracked 53 bills in 2021 of
which 20 were enacted into law. Of those 20, only a few are likely of
interest to most firearms owners and conservatives.
What can be said of 2021 is that it was an opportunity, as has
occurred in the past, for Tennessee to enact real constitutional carry
and to materially repeal or remove existing infringements on those
rights as identified and protected by the 2nd Amendment. It was also a chance to put in place constitutional and 10th Amendment protections for Tennessee to guard against an out of control
federal government.
While those opportunities existed within the scope of the
Legislature’s options, the Legislature chose to travel paths that fell
far short of what could or should have been done. In the end,
Tennessee’s Legislature did not enact true constitutional carry and it
did not enact real protections for Tennesseans against threatened and
growing infringements by the federal government.
So what did happen? See the full report (bring coffee).... 
