I'm trying to find clarification on this as well. I'm sure this has been addressed many times on TGO... I overheard a discussion between a range safety officer and a customer asking about carrying a rifle in his vehicle and it got me wondering if something had changed since I last read the laws. I checked out the TN PDF from Handgunlaw.us and could no longer find mention of "rifle...so long as chamber is empty". I then looked at TCA codes.
Found this here:
https://www.tn.gov/safety/article/handguntca
"Public Chapter 431 – Loaded Rifles and Shotguns in Vehicles – This act allows a person with a handgun carry permit to possess a loaded rifle or loaded shotgun in a privately owned vehicle. The act provides that the weapon cannot have ammunition in the chamber except in the case that an individual permit holder feels physically threatened. - See more at: https://www.tn.gov/safety/article/handguntca#sthash.XHWlonWL.dpuf"
Does anyone know why this is omitted from the TCA codes?
BTW this is my first post but I have been lurking here for over a year now!