[Can I Carry A Gun In My Car?]

That circumstance/condition no longer exists in TCA, just to be perfectly clear.

 

The statute allows a "firearm". A NFA firearm is a "firearm".  Anything illegal about it would be regarding NFA specific provisions of Federal or TN law, but not the fact that you possessed it in your vehicle in this state.

 

TN has no NFA related requirements beyond the Federal standards -- nearly the opposite actually since it has recently passed "innocent by default" regarding their possession and further,  that TN will basically expend no fiscal effort to help in Federal firearms enforcement, which includes state personnel or property.

 

Of course there is nothing in Federal law regarding possession of them in vehicle, except the state line thing.

 

edit: btmatto, you don't have to "own" the vehicle, just be in "legal possession" of it, so includes others' cars and rentals too. Does not include gummit or private vehicle supplied by employer who has written policy against possession.

 

- OS

 

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!