Tennessee Leaders Defy Court, Fight to Preserve Jim Crow-Era Gun Bans

Tennessee Leaders Defy Court, Fight to Preserve Jim Crow-Era Gun Bans

Virus Shutdown Threatens Constitutional Carry Bills in Tennessee, iStock-884202954 Despite a landmark court victory for constitutional rights, Tennessee’s top officials are digging in to salvage anti-gun statutes rooted in post-Civil War oppression.  In a moment that should have signaled a decisive victory for Second Amendment advocates across Tennessee, a three-judge panel recently struck down two of the state’s most deeply entrenched restricti…