NASHVILLE, Tenn. — (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Over the last few years, gun laws in Tennessee have become less strict after lawmakers approved legislation that removed requirements for permits and background checks.
Despite calls from local law enforcement, Republican lawmakers are now looking to loosen the state's gun laws even further, contending that gun owners' rights need to be expanded.
On March 21, the Tennessee House's Civil Justice Subcommittee voted to approve HB1005, a bill introduced by Rep. Rusty Grills that would rename"enhanced and concealed handgun carry permits as enhanced and concealed firearm carry permits." "I signed constitutional carry today because it shouldn’t be hard for law-abiding Tennesseans to exercise their #2A rights," Gov. Bill Lee tweeted after signing the law.
Rifles and shotguns are allowed to be purchased by anyone over 18 and be carried without a permit but there are restrictions. Firearms are not permitted"if it is not concealed on or about the person and must be unloaded" and the owner is not allowed to carry the ammunition of those long guns on their person or in their"immediate vicinity," according to the law.
State gun owners can still apply for gun permits in other states through the state's Department of Homeland Security. Those include enhanced permits, which require an eight-hour safety training course, and concealed permits which require a background check and a $100 fee. "We don’t have any issue and support the underlying policy that those that are legally permissible to carry possess a firearm and defend themselves," he testified."The permit process allows us to actually do that by knowing if that person truly is lawful.""You can protect the Second Amendment and you can protect the citizens of our state at the same time," he said.
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