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Posted on 09/09/2025 8:47:00 AM PDT by marktwain
On August 22, 2025, a three-judge panel of the Gibson County Chancery Court in Tennessee struck down two Tennessee statutes as unconstitutional under both the Second Amendment and the Tennessee state Constitution. The two statutes were Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1307 and Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1311.
A person commits an offense who carries, with the intent to go armed, a firearm or a club.
It is an offense for any person to possess or carry, whether openly or concealed, with the intent to go armed, any weapon prohibited by § 39-17-1302(a), not used solely for instructional, display or sanctioned ceremonial purposes, in or on the grounds of any public park, playground, civic center or other building facility, area or property owned, used or operated by any municipal, county or state government, or instrumentality thereof, for recreational purposes.
The three-judge panel summed up the issues put forward by the plaintiffs accordingly. From the order of the court:
In order to avoid risks of being stopped, detained, issued a citation, and/or arrested, the Individual Plaintiffs must either 1) not take any longarms to the areas enumerated in Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1311(a); 2) not take a handgun to the areas enumerated in Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1311(a); or 3) if he does take a handgun, to make sure he has his permit and that this handgun is generally not visible to third parties in order to minimize the risk of observation or detection by third parties.3
Tennessee requires a three-judge panel for cases challenging the constitutionality of a state statute in the Chancery Courts. The three-judge panel first tackled the general statute forbidding the carry of a firearm
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
Some say this is necessary to obtain a better precedent. Others say they expect the Tennessee Supreme Court to vacate this opinion.
“”with the intent to go armed””
I say language should make sense when they pass legislation like this....standardize it country wide...say what you mean!! “go armed?” doesn’t do it!
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I like to go armed wherever I am.
Thinking about keeping a spear gun in the shower. Good idea or not?
https://www.secondamendmentdaily.com/2019/07/man-uses-shower-gun-after-burglar-breaks-in-while-hes-in-the-shower/
Scott from 'Kentucky Ballistics' - "Do You Need A Shower Gun?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb7q2UBH6PQ
Never can tell when a shark will come pouring out of that shower head.
LOL, my Glock 19 is 'waterproof', just need a shower holster! 😁
“But your Honor: I didn’t intend to go armed. I was just carrying those guns and all that lead ammo to weigh me down for the additional exercise value.”
Thinking about keeping a spear gun in the shower. Good idea or not?
Good idea.
Liberals: “People shouldn’t be allowed to walk around armed”
Also liberals: “Arresting people for being armed is racist”
Chuck Taylor put a G17 in the ocean for a month. When he fished it out he couldn’t find anything wrong with it, so he put it back for another five. After six months in salt water, it had a spot of rust on the slide stop so small he needed a hand lens to find it. He scratched at it and it came off, without leaving any pitting.
the governor and DA have ppealed the decision. It appears that they want to keep unconstitutional laws on the books.
At least one pro-Second Amendment legislator called for appealing the decision, to obtain a more general precedent.
https://x.com/RepChrisTodd/status/1959988182524567983
The Tennessee Firearms Association has gotten state senators and representatives to sponsor a bill every year that would repeal these unconstitutional laws but the leadership in the General Assembly and the AG and governor has NOT supported them and basically threw them in the trash.
I am sure that the Ga would pass the bills into law but I am not sure if the governor would sign it, veto it, or allow it to pass without his signature. If he vetoed it, I am sire that the GA leadershio would NOT even attempt an override (which only takes a majority in the state GA).
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