Tennessee Firearms Association volunteers have been busy reading and flagging legislation to be tracked in 2023. At present, there are 67 bills that have been identified for tracking. Several of those bills are “caption bills” which appear to do insignificant or immaterial things but they were selected because they indicate the intent to amend many portions of the existing statutes including the ones where firearms related legislation typically exist (Title 39). A list of these bills and preliminary assessments on some for support or opposition, which is a long PDF, are posted on the TFA's website in today's news post.

In addition, two of the bills are already on calendar to be heard the week of February 6. One is in the Senate and the other is in the House. The House bill is significant because it would amend the state constitution relative to the right to keep and bear arms.

As these bills start to move forward in the Tennessee Legislature, it is important for 2nd Amendment advocates in and even those who live outside of Tennessee to let the Legislators know that they are demanding that all infringements on the rights protected by the 2nd and 14th Amendment be removed this year. To do that, it is critical to let your voice be heard and TFA has provided this advocacy tool to help in that regard. Use it to contact your legislators – particularly since you are able to edit the message to express your demands in your own words.

If you are aware of other bills that you think TFA should consider tracking, please let us know soon.