[LurkedLongEnough]

Thanks! Was perusing the actual laws and saw that possession of hollow point ammo is illegal? Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1304 ??? Shoot!!!

[TennesseeGirl]

Regarding TCA 39-17-1304: It states under subsection B "(b) It is an offense for any person or corporation to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, display for sale or use in this state any ammunition cartridge, metallic or otherwise, containing a bullet with a hollow-nose cavity that is filled with an explosive material and designed to detonate upon impact;  provided, that this section shall not apply to any state or federal military unit or personnel for use in the performance of its duties.

To put a finer point on it, hollow point ammo such as Critical Defense does NOT have the hollow nose cavity filled with explosive material (gunpowder). Hollow point bullets have the nose cavity filled with polymer balls or some other inert filling the nose cavity, but not anything explosive. The media and social sites obfuscates the two. Hollow point ammo is perfectly legal to sell, buy, possess, or for personal use in TN.