A member of the Republican leadership in the Tennessee House of Representatives, Tilman Goins, has introduced a bill to reform archaic gun law. Tilman is the Majority Caucus Treasurer, and is a member of the Criminal Justice and Business and Utilities committees. His bill TN HB0011 the "Hearing Protection Act" would simply remove "firearms silencer" from the list of prohibited weapons. If the bill is passed, it would go into effect on 1 July, 2017. These types of reforms have been very popular with legislatures over the last several years. Josh Waldron, one of the founders of the American...
