Carrying across state line

hiwaycruzer · June 6, 2012, 05:20 PM

My wife and I live in a NW GA suburb and commute to Chattanooga, TN, just 12 miles away. Given recent murders and escalating crime rate downtown, we're considering purchasing handguns and carrying them in our vehicles to and from work. Would crossing the state line so armed be breaking any Tennessee laws?

twobit · June 6, 2012, 05:30 PM

Get a Georgia concealed carry license
http://www.georgiapacking.org/

then check this map to see what states honor the Georgia license ( Tenn. does)
http://www.usacarry.com/concealed_ca...city_maps.html

Stressfire · June 6, 2012, 05:38 PM

Like twobit said, not if you have a carry permit and are traveling to a reciprocal state

SamNavy · June 6, 2012, 07:43 PM

Some schooling wouldn't hurt either. I don't know what kind of firearms training is required by GA to get a CCW, but I can see at the georgiapacking.org website in their FORUM, there's a TRAINING sub-forum.

Do some homework and take a basic self-defense courses... defensive pistolcraft or basic gunfighting of some sort. You might want to give your wife a LADIES ONLY course of some sort for a birthday.

twobit · June 6, 2012, 09:14 PM

+1 on the training. Safe and responsible handling and ownership of firearms is not a "as seen on TV" skill set. My father began my gun safety training when I was four. I still train on a regular basis on skill and safety and I am 51.

g.willikers · June 8, 2012, 04:04 PM

He's asking about the legality of having a loaded firearm in the car without a permit.
Ga allows it, as do many other states.
But does Tenn allow it, also?
http://handgunlaw.us/states/tennessee.pdf

jgcoastie · June 8, 2012, 04:13 PM

No, TN does not allow unlicensed vehicle carry.

From OpenCarry.org

dogrunner · June 8, 2012, 04:26 PM

OC is full of it.....Florida does NOT require a handgun be carried in a glove box.....read the statutes....clearly, a case, holster (snapped), a center consol, or for that matter a cigar box with a lid on it suffice!!

jgcoastie · June 8, 2012, 08:49 PM

I think the glovebox description is a generic term they use instead of typing all that out...

June 6, 2012, 05:20 PM	#1
hiwaycruzer Junior Member Join Date: June 6, 2012 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 2	Carrying across state line My wife and I live in a NW GA suburb and commute to Chattanooga, TN, just 12 miles away. Given recent murders and escalating crime rate downtown, we're considering purchasing handguns and carrying them in our vehicles to and from work. Would crossing the state line so armed be breaking any Tennessee laws?

June 6, 2012, 05:30 PM	#2
twobit Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2010 Location: Coyote Creak, SW Texas Posts: 597	Get a Georgia concealed carry license http://www.georgiapacking.org/ then check this map to see what states honor the Georgia license ( Tenn. does) http://www.usacarry.com/concealed_ca...city_maps.html __________________ Twobit, Strive to live up to the opinion that your dog has of you.

June 6, 2012, 05:38 PM	#3
Stressfire Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,497	Like twobit said, not if you have a carry permit and are traveling to a reciprocal state __________________ "The best diplomat I know is a fully charged phaser bank" - Montgomery Scott

June 6, 2012, 09:14 PM	#5
twobit Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2010 Location: Coyote Creak, SW Texas Posts: 597	+1 on the training. Safe and responsible handling and ownership of firearms is not a "as seen on TV" skill set. My father began my gun safety training when I was four. I still train on a regular basis on skill and safety and I am 51. __________________ Twobit, Strive to live up to the opinion that your dog has of you.

June 8, 2012, 04:04 PM	#6
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	He's asking about the legality of having a loaded firearm in the car without a permit. Ga allows it, as do many other states. But does Tenn allow it, also? http://handgunlaw.us/states/tennessee.pdf __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”

June 6, 2012, 07:43 PM	#4
SamNavy Senior Member Join Date: August 28, 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 433	Some schooling wouldn't hurt either. I don't know what kind of firearms training is required by GA to get a CCW, but I can see at the georgiapacking.org website in their FORUM, there's a TRAINING sub-forum. Do some homework and take a basic self-defense courses... defensive pistolcraft or basic gunfighting of some sort. You might want to give your wife a LADIES ONLY course of some sort for a birthday.

June 8, 2012, 04:13 PM	#7
jgcoastie Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Location: Kodiak, Alaska Posts: 2,118	No, TN does not allow unlicensed vehicle carry. From OpenCarry.org __________________ "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." -Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights.

June 8, 2012, 04:26 PM	#8
dogrunner Junior member Join Date: June 22, 2009 Location: E/Cntrl Fla. Posts: 98	OC is full of it.....Florida does NOT require a handgun be carried in a glove box.....read the statutes....clearly, a case, holster (snapped), a center consol, or for that matter a cigar box with a lid on it suffice!!

June 8, 2012, 08:49 PM	#9
jgcoastie Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Location: Kodiak, Alaska Posts: 2,118	I think the glovebox description is a generic term they use instead of typing all that out... __________________ "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." -Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights.