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buzz_knox · August 29, 2001, 12:11 PM

In TN, you cannot be charged with unlawful possession of a concealed firearm if said firearm is used in self-defense. This law was enacted to insure that if you had to use it to stop a criminal, no one was going to punish the good guy.

August 29, 2001, 12:11 PM	#5
buzz_knox Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 1999 Location: Knoxville, in the Free State of Tennesse Posts: 4,190	In TN, you cannot be charged with unlawful possession of a concealed firearm if said firearm is used in self-defense. This law was enacted to insure that if you had to use it to stop a criminal, no one was going to punish the good guy.