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Tennessee Firearms Association recommends against reliance on Governor Bill Lee's new "permitless carry" law
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The Tennessee Firearms Association recommends that people get or keep
the Tennessee enhanced handgun permit rather than relying on the
Governor’s new permitless carry bill that goes into effect on July 1,
2021. For the full details underlying that advice, see today's TFA News post.
Consider these points:
- Governor Bill Lee's new law is not true constitutional carry. True constitutional carry requires the repeal of an existing law that makes it a crime for anyone to carry a firearm with the "intent to go armed". The Governor's law does not do this.
- The new "permitless carry" law retained the statute that makes it a crime for law abiding individuals to carry a firearm for personal safety.
- The new "permitless carry" law is only a qualified exception to the crime of carrying a handgun with the intent to go armed.
- The new "permitless carry" law does not apply to everyone who can legally purchase or possess a handgun. It has at least 7 conditions that must be met in order to be eligible for the individual to rely on it as an exception to a criminal charge.
- The new "permitless carry" law creates "traps" that can result in those who rely on it being charged with crimes. For example, an individual who has a permit can carry in a public park, in a campground or on a greenway. However, someone relying on the "permitless carry" law would likely be committing a crime for going in those same places.
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Executive Director
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