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<table cellpadding="6" cellspacing="3"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2">Tennessee Firearms Association - Legislative Action Committee Monday, April 23, 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0011* Jackson HB 1907 Rinks </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Use of deadly force for self-defense. Expands the circumstances under which a person using deadly force for self-defense is considered immune from civil liability. Permits the use of deadly force for self-defense when there is reasonable belief of death in not only a person's residence (current law) but also in such person's dwelling or vehicle. Defines residence to include any dwelling or building within the curtilage of one's residence. Amendments: House Judiciary amendment 1 is a technical amendment to clarify the defenses listed are consistent with other parts of the code. House Judiciary amendment 2 adds a person who uses force is not immune from civil liability if the person against whom force was used is an innocent bystander. TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611 Senate Status: Set for Senate Judiciary Committee 04/24/2007. House Status: Set for House Calendar & Rules Committee 04/24/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0023* Jackson HB 0702 McCord </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Possession of firearm where alcohol is served. Permits a person who has a permit to carry a handgun to carry gun in place where alcohol is served for consumption on premises if person not consuming alcohol or is not otherwise prohibited by posting provisions. TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1305 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary.<script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice \n Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0024*\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB 2212\u003cbr\>Cobb \n C.\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Sentencing - felony drug, violent offense \n for illegals. \u003c/b\>Requires a person who was illegally in the U.S. at the \n time that he or she committed a felony drug offense or a violent felony to \n be sentenced from within the Range II (normally reserved for a multiple \n offender) of the appropriate range. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 40-35-0000; 40-35-0100 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice \n Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0037*\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB \n 0703\u003cbr\>McCord\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>TAXES SALES: Hunting/fishing equipment taxes to wildlife \n resources fund. \u003c/b\>Allocates revenue collected from sales taxes on \n hunting and fishing equipment to the wildlife resources fund. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 67-00-0000; 67-06-0103; 70-00-0000 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in Senate Finance Tax \n Subcommittee 03/20/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House \n Wildlife Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0053*\u003cbr\>Finney R.\u003cbr\>HB \n 0132\u003cbr\>Bell\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Possession of firearms in \n wildlife management areas. \u003c/b\>Allows person with a concealed carry permit \n to possess a firearm while traversing any public hunting areas, refuges, \n wildlife management areas, and national forests managed by the \n state.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Amendments:\u003c/b\> House Judiciary amendment 1, Senate amendment \n 1, rewrites the bill to substitute handgun carry permit for concealed \n carry permit for consistency with the code. Senate amendment 2 clarifies \n that possession of handgun in wildlife management areas with handgun carry \n permit is only permitted in a vehicle on public roads, in parking lots, in \n common areas, on campgrounds, and within 20 feet of designated trails. \n Also specifies that handguns must not have scopes. Senate amendment 3 \n replaces "in a vehicle on a public road" in Amendment 2 with "on a public \n road." \n ",1] ); //--></script> House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0024* Jackson HB 2212 Cobb C. </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Sentencing - felony drug, violent offense for illegals. Requires a person who was illegally in the U.S. at the time that he or she committed a felony drug offense or a violent felony to be sentenced from within the Range II (normally reserved for a multiple offender) of the appropriate range. TCA Secs. 40-35-0000; 40-35-0100 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0037* Jackson HB 0703 McCord </td> <td width="600">TAXES SALES: Hunting/fishing equipment taxes to wildlife resources fund. Allocates revenue collected from sales taxes on hunting and fishing equipment to the wildlife resources fund. TCA Secs. 67-00-0000; 67-06-0103; 70-00-0000 Senate Status: Taken off notice in Senate Finance Tax Subcommittee 03/20/2007. House Status: Referred to House Wildlife Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0053* Finney R. HB 0132 Bell </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Possession of firearms in wildlife management areas. Allows person with a concealed carry permit to possess a firearm while traversing any public hunting areas, refuges, wildlife management areas, and national forests managed by the state. Amendments: House Judiciary amendment 1, Senate amendment 1, rewrites the bill to substitute handgun carry permit for concealed carry permit for consistency with the code. Senate amendment 2 clarifies that possession of handgun in wildlife management areas with handgun carry permit is only permitted in a vehicle on public roads, in parking lots, in common areas, on campgrounds, and within 20 feet of designated trails. Also specifies that handguns must not have scopes. Senate amendment 3 replaces "in a vehicle on a public road" in Amendment 2 with "on a public road." <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-00-0000; 70-04-0117 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Senate 04/16/2007 passed with amendments 1, 2 \n & 3.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Set for House Judiciary Committee \n 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0134\u003cbr\>Cooper J.\u003cbr\>HB \n 0040*\u003cbr\>Fraley\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Enhanced punishment - allowing dog on \n private/public land. \u003c/b\>Creates enhanced punishments for allowing a dog \n to go on private premises or public right-of-way. Maintains current law in \n that violation is a Class C misdemeanor, but creates a Class A misdemeanor \n if the victim suffers property damage or bodily injury and a Class E \n felony if the victim suffers death or serious bodily injury. Specifies \n that offenders are liable for all personal or property damage. Clarifies \n that a violation has not occurred if the dog is involved in a hunt or \n chase, guarding or driving stock or being moved from one place to another \n as long as all damages done are paid within 30 days.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Amendments:\u003c/b\> \n House Civil Practice Subcommittee amendment 1 clarifies it is an offense \n for any person to allow a dog belonging to or under the control of such \n person, to go on the premises of another without the permission of the \n owner or upon a public right-of-way. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-00-0000; 44-17-0400; 44-08-0400; 68-08-0100; 44-08-0408; \n 44-08-0409 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in House Judiciary 04/11/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0135*\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB \n 0145\u003cbr\>McDonald\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Land managed by TWRA to be open \n for hunting and fishing. \u003c/b\>Requires land managed by TWRA to be open to \n access and use for recreational hunting and fishing except for land which \n is limited by the agency for reasons of public safety or homeland \n security. Prohibits the TWRA from taking action on land which will result \n in any net loss of available acreage for hunting and fishing \n opportunities. Requires TWRA to mitigate any land closed to hunting and \n fishing by opening new lands to be used for the same purpose, within 12 \n months of closure.",1] ); //--></script>TCA Secs. 70-00-0000; 70-04-0117 Senate Status: Senate 04/16/2007 passed with amendments 1, 2 & 3. House Status: Set for House Judiciary Committee 04/25/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0134 Cooper J. HB 0040* Fraley </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Enhanced punishment - allowing dog on private/public land. Creates enhanced punishments for allowing a dog to go on private premises or public right-of-way. Maintains current law in that violation is a Class C misdemeanor, but creates a Class A misdemeanor if the victim suffers property damage or bodily injury and a Class E felony if the victim suffers death or serious bodily injury. Specifies that offenders are liable for all personal or property damage. Clarifies that a violation has not occurred if the dog is involved in a hunt or chase, guarding or driving stock or being moved from one place to another as long as all damages done are paid within 30 days. Amendments: House Civil Practice Subcommittee amendment 1 clarifies it is an offense for any person to allow a dog belonging to or under the control of such person, to go on the premises of another without the permission of the owner or upon a public right-of-way. TCA Secs. 39-00-0000; 44-17-0400; 44-08-0400; 68-08-0100; 44-08-0408; 44-08-0409 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Taken off notice in House Judiciary 04/11/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0135* Jackson HB 0145 McDonald </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Land managed by TWRA to be open for hunting and fishing. Requires land managed by TWRA to be open to access and use for recreational hunting and fishing except for land which is limited by the agency for reasons of public safety or homeland security. Prohibits the TWRA from taking action on land which will result in any net loss of available acreage for hunting and fishing opportunities. Requires TWRA to mitigate any land closed to hunting and fishing by opening new lands to be used for the same purpose, within 12 months of closure.<script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Amendments:\u003c/b\> House amendment 1, Senate \n Environment, Conservation & Tourism amendment 1 decreases the fiscal \n note by applying bill's provisions to lands owned by TWRA and lands owned \n by other "public" entities for which TWRA regulates hunting and fishing. \n Specifies that acreage TWRA submits is to be "estimated." \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-05-0000; 70-05-0101 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Set for Senate floor 04/23/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> House 04/18/2007 passed with amendment 1.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0153\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB 0067*\u003cbr\>Turner \n M.\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Transportation and storage of firearms. \n \u003c/b\>Specifies that no employer or business entity can prohibit a person \n possessing a valid handgun carry permit from transporting and storing a \n firearm out of sight in a locked vehicle on any property set aside for \n vehicle parking. \n \u003cp\>TCA Sec. 39-17-1300 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in Senate Judiciary \n 02/20/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in House Criminal \n Practice Subcommittee 02/28/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0185\u003cbr\>Stanley\u003cbr\>HB \n 0140*\u003cbr\>Kelsey\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Unlawful possession of firearm. \n \u003c/b\>Increases penalty for offense of carrying a firearm with intent to go \n armed to Class B misdemeanor from Class C misdemeanor. Enhances the Class \n B misdemeanor penalty for unlawful possession of a firearm to a Class A \n misdemeanor if defendant has prior convictions for weapons crimes, \n assault, domestic assault or possession or casual exchange of drugs and to \n a Class E felony if defendant has prior conviction for a felony. Increases \n penalty for possession of a firearm during commission of an offense to a \n Class E felony. Increases penalty for employing a firearm during the \n commission of an offense, attempt to commit an offense or escape from an \n offense to a Class C felony. Requires mandatory confiscation and \n forfeiture of firearm for violations. Makes sentences non-probateable and \n requires them to be served consecutively. \n ",1] ); //--></script> Amendments: House amendment 1, Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism amendment 1 decreases the fiscal note by applying bill's provisions to lands owned by TWRA and lands owned by other "public" entities for which TWRA regulates hunting and fishing. Specifies that acreage TWRA submits is to be "estimated." TCA Secs. 70-05-0000; 70-05-0101 Senate Status: Set for Senate floor 04/23/2007. House Status: House 04/18/2007 passed with amendment 1. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0153 Jackson HB 0067* Turner M. </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Transportation and storage of firearms. Specifies that no employer or business entity can prohibit a person possessing a valid handgun carry permit from transporting and storing a firearm out of sight in a locked vehicle on any property set aside for vehicle parking. TCA Sec. 39-17-1300 Senate Status: Taken off notice in Senate Judiciary 02/20/2007. House Status: Taken off notice in House Criminal Practice Subcommittee 02/28/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0185 Stanley HB 0140* Kelsey </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Unlawful possession of firearm. Increases penalty for offense of carrying a firearm with intent to go armed to Class B misdemeanor from Class C misdemeanor. Enhances the Class B misdemeanor penalty for unlawful possession of a firearm to a Class A misdemeanor if defendant has prior convictions for weapons crimes, assault, domestic assault or possession or casual exchange of drugs and to a Class E felony if defendant has prior conviction for a felony. Increases penalty for possession of a firearm during commission of an offense to a Class E felony. Increases penalty for employing a firearm during the commission of an offense, attempt to commit an offense or escape from an offense to a Class C felony. Requires mandatory confiscation and forfeiture of firearm for violations. Makes sentences non-probateable and requires them to be served consecutively. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1306; 39-17-1307 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Senate Judiciary deferred to \n 03/13/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Criminal \n Practice Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0187*\u003cbr\>Stanley\u003cbr\>HB \n 0668\u003cbr\>Swafford\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Castle Doctrine - self-defense and \n justified use of force. \u003c/b\>Expands concept of using reasonable force to \n protect self or others to dwellings other than residence and vehicles. \n Specifies that person is immune from criminal prosecution or civil \n liability for justified use of self-defense.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Amendments:\u003c/b\> House \n Judiciary amendment 1 rewrites the bill defining vehicle as any motorized \n vehicle that is self-propelled and designed for use on highways to \n transport people or property; and, specifies that a person does not have \n immunity for the use of force if the force resulted in property damage to \n or the death or injury of an innocent bystander or other person against \n whom the force used was not justified. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Set for Senate Judiciary Committee \n 04/24/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Set for House Finance, Ways & \n Means Budget Subcommittee 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0219\u003cbr\>Ketron\u003cbr\>HB \n 0164*\u003cbr\>DuBois\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Possession of firearms by convicted felons. \n \u003c/b\>Prohibits certain convicted felons from possessing any type of \n firearm. Current law prohibits the possession of a handgun only. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1307 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Senate passed 04/09/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> \n Set for House Finance, Ways & Means Budget Subcommittee \n 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0325*\u003cbr\>Beavers\u003cbr\>",1] ); //--></script>TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1306; 39-17-1307 Senate Status: Senate Judiciary deferred to 03/13/2007. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0187* Stanley HB 0668 Swafford </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Castle Doctrine - self-defense and justified use of force. Expands concept of using reasonable force to protect self or others to dwellings other than residence and vehicles. Specifies that person is immune from criminal prosecution or civil liability for justified use of self-defense. Amendments: House Judiciary amendment 1 rewrites the bill defining vehicle as any motorized vehicle that is self-propelled and designed for use on highways to transport people or property; and, specifies that a person does not have immunity for the use of force if the force resulted in property damage to or the death or injury of an innocent bystander or other person against whom the force used was not justified. TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 Senate Status: Set for Senate Judiciary Committee 04/24/2007. House Status: Set for House Finance, Ways & Means Budget Subcommittee 04/25/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0219 Ketron HB 0164* DuBois </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Possession of firearms by convicted felons. Prohibits certain convicted felons from possessing any type of firearm. Current law prohibits the possession of a handgun only. TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1307 Senate Status: Senate passed 04/09/2007. House Status: Set for House Finance, Ways & Means Budget Subcommittee 04/25/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0325* Beavers <script><!-- D(["mb","HB \n 2210\u003cbr\>Mumpower\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Land managed by TWRA to be open \n for hunting use. \u003c/b\>Requires TWRA to keep land it manages open to access \n and use for recreational hunting. Specifies that TWRA act in manner that \n supports and promotes hunting opportunities. Prohibits agency land \n management actions from resulting in any net loss of available acreage for \n hunting opportunities. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-05-0000; 70-05-0101 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Set for Senate Environment, Conservation & \n Tourism Committee 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House \n Wildlife Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0361*\u003cbr\>Harper\u003cbr\>HB \n 1222\u003cbr\>Gilmore\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Expungement of criminal records. \n \u003c/b\>Provides for the expungement of criminal record of petitioner if 15 \n years or more have elapsed since the date of conviction for the offense \n being expunged and the petitioner has not been convicted of any other \n offense, excluding minor traffic violations, during such period of \n time.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Amendments:\u003c/b\> House Civil Practice Subcommittee amendment 1 \n requires fees to be handled in a uniform manner. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 40-32-0000; 40-32-0101 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> House Civil Practice Subcommittee deferred to the summer study \n calendar.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Other Status: \u003c/b\>Tennessee Judicial Council reviewed \n 03/22/2007 with comment.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0386*\u003cbr\>Bunch\u003cbr\>HB 1410\u003cbr\>Watson \n E.\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Handgun carry permit for TEMA directors. \n \u003c/b\>Permits directors of the emergency management agency, in addition to \n other full-time employees of the agency, to carry handguns in performance \n of their duties while under a written directive. \n ",1] ); //--></script>HB 2210 Mumpower </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Land managed by TWRA to be open for hunting use. Requires TWRA to keep land it manages open to access and use for recreational hunting. Specifies that TWRA act in manner that supports and promotes hunting opportunities. Prohibits agency land management actions from resulting in any net loss of available acreage for hunting opportunities. TCA Secs. 70-05-0000; 70-05-0101 Senate Status: Set for Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism Committee 04/25/2007. House Status: Referred to House Wildlife Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0361* Harper HB 1222 Gilmore </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Expungement of criminal records. Provides for the expungement of criminal record of petitioner if 15 years or more have elapsed since the date of conviction for the offense being expunged and the petitioner has not been convicted of any other offense, excluding minor traffic violations, during such period of time. Amendments: House Civil Practice Subcommittee amendment 1 requires fees to be handled in a uniform manner. TCA Secs. 40-32-0000; 40-32-0101 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: House Civil Practice Subcommittee deferred to the summer study calendar. Other Status: Tennessee Judicial Council reviewed 03/22/2007 with comment. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0386* Bunch HB 1410 Watson E. </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Handgun carry permit for TEMA directors. Permits directors of the emergency management agency, in addition to other full-time employees of the agency, to carry handguns in performance of their duties while under a written directive. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cp\>TCA Sec. 39-17-1315 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in Senate Judiciary \n 03/13/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> House passed 04/12/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0400\u003cbr\>Kilby\u003cbr\>HB 0061*\u003cbr\>Turner \n M.\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Land managed by TWRA to be open \n for hunting and fishing. \u003c/b\>Requires land managed by TWRA to be open to \n access and use for recreational hunting and fishing except for land which \n is limited by the agency for reasons of public safety or homeland \n security. Prohibits the TWRA from taking action on land which will result \n in any net loss of available acreage for hunting and fishing \n opportunities. Requires TWRA to mitigate any land closed to hunting and \n fishing by opening new lands to be used for the same purpose, within 12 \n months of closure. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-05-0000; 70-05-0101 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation \n & Tourism.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in House \n Conservation & Environment 04/11/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0401\u003cbr\>Kilby\u003cbr\>HB 0050*\u003cbr\>Turner \n M.\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Handguns permitted when \n bowhunting. \u003c/b\>Authorizes person with handgun permit to carry handgun \n while hunting big game with a bow and arrow during the archery-only deer \n season.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Amendments:\u003c/b\> House Judiciary amendment 1 adds that any \n person hunting must wear orange as if gun hunting and cannot carry a legal \n hunting firearm. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-00-0000; 70-04-0123 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation \n & Tourism.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in House Calendar \n & Rules 03/29/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0419*\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB \n 1155\u003cbr\>Buck\u003cbr\>",1] ); //--></script>TCA Sec. 39-17-1315 Senate Status: Taken off notice in Senate Judiciary 03/13/2007. House Status: House passed 04/12/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0400 Kilby HB 0061* Turner M. </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Land managed by TWRA to be open for hunting and fishing. Requires land managed by TWRA to be open to access and use for recreational hunting and fishing except for land which is limited by the agency for reasons of public safety or homeland security. Prohibits the TWRA from taking action on land which will result in any net loss of available acreage for hunting and fishing opportunities. Requires TWRA to mitigate any land closed to hunting and fishing by opening new lands to be used for the same purpose, within 12 months of closure. TCA Secs. 70-05-0000; 70-05-0101 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism. House Status: Taken off notice in House Conservation & Environment 04/11/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0401 Kilby HB 0050* Turner M. </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Handguns permitted when bowhunting. Authorizes person with handgun permit to carry handgun while hunting big game with a bow and arrow during the archery-only deer season. Amendments: House Judiciary amendment 1 adds that any person hunting must wear orange as if gun hunting and cannot carry a legal hunting firearm. TCA Secs. 39-00-0000; 70-04-0123 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism. House Status: Taken off notice in House Calendar & Rules 03/29/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0419* Jackson HB 1155 Buck <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Draw elk-take permits and other \n special hunt permits. \u003c/b\>Authorizes the Wildlife Resources Commission to \n charge persons holding a sportsman license a non-refundable fee for draw \n elk-take permits and other permits designated by the commission as special \n hunt permits beginning with the 2008-2009 license year. \n \u003cp\>TCA Sec. 70-02-0201 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation \n & Tourism.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Wildlife \n Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0465\u003cbr\>Stanley\u003cbr\>HB 0060*\u003cbr\>Turner \n M.\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>GOVERNMENT REGULATION: Sale and possession of firearms \n during state of emergency. \u003c/b\>Prohibits governor from commandeering \n firearms or suspending sale of ammunition during state of emergency. Also \n prohibits the state, public officials, and local governments from imposing \n additional restrictions on firearms and ammunition during state of \n emergency or natural disaster. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 58-02-0100; 58-02-0107 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Set for House Calendar & Rules Committee \n 04/24/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0492*\u003cbr\>Kilby\u003cbr\>HB 1148\u003cbr\>Buck\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Taking wildlife without license \n & computer-assisted hunting. \u003c/b\>Increases penalty for taking wildlife \n without a license from Class C misdemeanor to Class B misdemeanor. \n Specifies that minimum fine for offense of compute-assisted hunting from a \n remote location is $200 and maximum fine is $2,500. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-00-0000; 70-02-0101; 70-04-0504 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation \n & Tourism.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Wildlife \n Subcommittee.",1] ); //--></script></td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Draw elk-take permits and other special hunt permits. Authorizes the Wildlife Resources Commission to charge persons holding a sportsman license a non-refundable fee for draw elk-take permits and other permits designated by the commission as special hunt permits beginning with the 2008-2009 license year. TCA Sec. 70-02-0201 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism. House Status: Referred to House Wildlife Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0465 Stanley HB 0060* Turner M. </td> <td width="600">GOVERNMENT REGULATION: Sale and possession of firearms during state of emergency. Prohibits governor from commandeering firearms or suspending sale of ammunition during state of emergency. Also prohibits the state, public officials, and local governments from imposing additional restrictions on firearms and ammunition during state of emergency or natural disaster. TCA Secs. 58-02-0100; 58-02-0107 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Set for House Calendar & Rules Committee 04/24/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0492* Kilby HB 1148 Buck </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Taking wildlife without license & computer-assisted hunting. Increases penalty for taking wildlife without a license from Class C misdemeanor to Class B misdemeanor. Specifies that minimum fine for offense of compute-assisted hunting from a remote location is $200 and maximum fine is $2,500. TCA Secs. 70-00-0000; 70-02-0101; 70-04-0504 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism. House Status: Referred to House Wildlife Subcommittee.<script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0536*\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB \n 0756\u003cbr\>McDonald\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Use of force in self-defense of home \n clarified. \u003c/b\>Extends presumption that use of force to protect self or \n others is justified self-defense to dwellings other than residence and \n vehicles. Expressly provides that person is immune from criminal \n prosecution or civil liability for lawful exercise of self-defense. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice \n Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0543\u003cbr\>Kurita\u003cbr\>HB \n 0329*\u003cbr\>Tidwell\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Retrieval of wild animals or \n hunting dog. \u003c/b\>Permits person engaged in hunting, taking, chasing or \n killing a wild animal, bird, or fowl to enter upon land owned by another \n without first obtaining permission of owner for express purpose of \n retrieving wild animal, bird or fowl which such person killed or wounded \n or for retrieving dog utilized to hunt or chase such animal. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-04-0100; 70-04-0106 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation \n & Tourism.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Civil \n Practice Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0689\u003cbr\>Bunch\u003cbr\>HB \n 0767\u003cbr\>Campfield\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Criminal background checks valid for 180 \n days. \u003c/b\>Authorizes a criminal background check conducted by Tennessee \n Bureau of Investigation to be used for employment, licensure, carrying a \n weapon, or other purpose for 180 days from the issuance of such background \n check. \n \u003cp\>TCA Sec. 38-06-0100 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in Senate Judiciary \n 03/13/2007.",1] ); //--></script> </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0536* Jackson HB 0756 McDonald </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Use of force in self-defense of home clarified. Extends presumption that use of force to protect self or others is justified self-defense to dwellings other than residence and vehicles. Expressly provides that person is immune from criminal prosecution or civil liability for lawful exercise of self-defense. TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0543 Kurita HB 0329* Tidwell </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Retrieval of wild animals or hunting dog. Permits person engaged in hunting, taking, chasing or killing a wild animal, bird, or fowl to enter upon land owned by another without first obtaining permission of owner for express purpose of retrieving wild animal, bird or fowl which such person killed or wounded or for retrieving dog utilized to hunt or chase such animal. TCA Secs. 70-04-0100; 70-04-0106 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Civil Practice Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0689 Bunch HB 0767 Campfield </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Criminal background checks valid for 180 days. Authorizes a criminal background check conducted by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to be used for employment, licensure, carrying a weapon, or other purpose for 180 days from the issuance of such background check. TCA Sec. 38-06-0100 Senate Status: Taken off notice in Senate Judiciary 03/13/2007.<script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in House Civil \n Practice Subcommittee 03/13/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0714\u003cbr\>Stanley\u003cbr\>HB \n 0410*\u003cbr\>Todd\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Handgun permit holders allowed to carry gun \n in restaurant. \u003c/b\>Allows person with a handgun permit who is not \n consuming alcohol to carry handgun in restaurant where beer or alcoholic \n beverages are being served subject to provisions regarding the posting of \n notices on property. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-17-0000; 39-17-1305; 39-17-1352 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee deferred to the \n first calendar of 2008.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0715\u003cbr\>Stanley\u003cbr\>HB \n 0413*\u003cbr\>Todd\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Unlawful possession of a deadly weapon. \n \u003c/b\>Redefines unlawful possession of a deadly weapon during the course of \n an offense to include only firearms and explosives; specifies that offense \n must be a felony committed against another person, a drug offense, or a \n burglary offense. Removes stipulation that offender must intend to use \n weapon. \n \u003cp\>TCA Sec. 39-17-1307 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in House Criminal Practice Subcommittee \n 02/28/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0797\u003cbr\>Burchett\u003cbr\>HB \n 0373*\u003cbr\>Briley\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Expungement of certain criminal records. \n \u003c/b\>Allows for the expungement of criminal records for persons convicted \n of certain misdemeanors and felonies. Specifies exceptions to this rule. \n States that those persons having their records expunged under this new \n provision shall be required to pay a uniform fee for the expungement of \n these records. \n ",1] ); //--></script> House Status: Taken off notice in House Civil Practice Subcommittee 03/13/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0714 Stanley HB 0410* Todd </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Handgun permit holders allowed to carry gun in restaurant. Allows person with a handgun permit who is not consuming alcohol to carry handgun in restaurant where beer or alcoholic beverages are being served subject to provisions regarding the posting of notices on property. TCA Secs. 39-17-0000; 39-17-1305; 39-17-1352 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee deferred to the first calendar of 2008. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0715 Stanley HB 0413* Todd </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Unlawful possession of a deadly weapon. Redefines unlawful possession of a deadly weapon during the course of an offense to include only firearms and explosives; specifies that offense must be a felony committed against another person, a drug offense, or a burglary offense. Removes stipulation that offender must intend to use weapon. TCA Sec. 39-17-1307 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Taken off notice in House Criminal Practice Subcommittee 02/28/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0797 Burchett HB 0373* Briley </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Expungement of certain criminal records. Allows for the expungement of criminal records for persons convicted of certain misdemeanors and felonies. Specifies exceptions to this rule. States that those persons having their records expunged under this new provision shall be required to pay a uniform fee for the expungement of these records. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cp\>TCA Secs. 40-00-0000; 40-32-0101 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice \n Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Other Status: \u003c/b\>Tennessee Judicial Council reviewed \n 03/22/2007 with comment.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 0814*\u003cbr\>Williams Mike R.\u003cbr\>HB \n 2059\u003cbr\>Roach\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Off-highway motor vehicle - punishment \n increased. \u003c/b\>Increases the penalty for riding an off-highway vehicle on \n another person's land without permission from a Class C misdemeanor and \n $50 fine to a Class B misdemeanor and $100 fine. Subsequent violation \n carries same misdemeanor with fine increased to $250. \n \u003cp\>TCA Sec. 70-09-0107 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> House Conservation & Environment deferred to last \n calendar.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1065\u003cbr\>Tracy\u003cbr\>HB 0862*\u003cbr\>Johnson \n C.\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Use of force in self-defense. \u003c/b\>Specifies \n when use of deadly force in self defense is justified. Expands the \n circumstances under which a person using deadly force for self-defense is \n considered immune from civil liability. Permits the use of deadly force \n for self-defense when there is reasonable belief of death in not only a \n person's residence (current law) but also in such person's dwelling or \n vehicle. Defines residence to include any dwelling or building within the \n curtilage of one's residence. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 30-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in Senate Judiciary \n 04/10/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Civil \n Practice Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1076\u003cbr\>McNally\u003cbr\>HB \n 0860*\u003cbr\>Baird",1] ); //--></script>TCA Secs. 40-00-0000; 40-32-0101 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee. Other Status: Tennessee Judicial Council reviewed 03/22/2007 with comment. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 0814* Williams Mike R. HB 2059 Roach </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Off-highway motor vehicle - punishment increased. Increases the penalty for riding an off-highway vehicle on another person's land without permission from a Class C misdemeanor and $50 fine to a Class B misdemeanor and $100 fine. Subsequent violation carries same misdemeanor with fine increased to $250. TCA Sec. 70-09-0107 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: House Conservation & Environment deferred to last calendar. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1065 Tracy HB 0862* Johnson C. </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Use of force in self-defense. Specifies when use of deadly force in self defense is justified. Expands the circumstances under which a person using deadly force for self-defense is considered immune from civil liability. Permits the use of deadly force for self-defense when there is reasonable belief of death in not only a person's residence (current law) but also in such person's dwelling or vehicle. Defines residence to include any dwelling or building within the curtilage of one's residence. TCA Secs. 30-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 Senate Status: Taken off notice in Senate Judiciary 04/10/2007. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Civil Practice Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1076 McNally HB 0860* Baird<script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Off-highway vehicle on land \n owned or leased by state. \u003c/b\>Removes authority of TWRA director to permit \n additional use of off-highway vehicles in TWRA wildlife management areas \n or refuges, state forests, state parks, and state natural areas by \n promulgating rules and regulations. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-05-0000; 70-09-0000; 70-09-0104 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Set for Senate Transportation \n 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Government \n Operations.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1084*\u003cbr\>Tate\u003cbr\>HB 1783\u003cbr\>Jones \n U.\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Use of deadly force for self-defense - in \n vehicles. \u003c/b\>Authorizes an owner or invited passenger lawfully in a \n vehicle to use deadly force to prevent being a victim of homicide, rape, \n kidnapping, robbery, or carjacking. Creates presumption that person using \n force was in fear or imminent peril of death or serious injury, whether \n inside or outside of the occupied vehicle when force was applied. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Set for House Judiciary Committee 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1123\u003cbr\>Bunch\u003cbr\>HB \n 0999*\u003cbr\>Campfield\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act. \u003c/b\>States \n that any personal firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured \n in Tennessee and that remains in Tennessee is not considered to have \n traveled in interstate commerce, and consequently is not subject to \n federal law or regulation under the commerce clause of the U.S. \n Constitution; requires that "Made in Tennessee" be stamped on a central \n metallic part of each such firearm. Specifies certain firearms to which \n this law does not apply. \n ",1] ); //--></script> </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Off-highway vehicle on land owned or leased by state. Removes authority of TWRA director to permit additional use of off-highway vehicles in TWRA wildlife management areas or refuges, state forests, state parks, and state natural areas by promulgating rules and regulations. TCA Secs. 70-05-0000; 70-09-0000; 70-09-0104 Senate Status: Set for Senate Transportation 04/25/2007. House Status: Referred to House Government Operations. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1084* Tate HB 1783 Jones U. </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Use of deadly force for self-defense - in vehicles. Authorizes an owner or invited passenger lawfully in a vehicle to use deadly force to prevent being a victim of homicide, rape, kidnapping, robbery, or carjacking. Creates presumption that person using force was in fear or imminent peril of death or serious injury, whether inside or outside of the occupied vehicle when force was applied. TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Set for House Judiciary Committee 04/25/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1123 Bunch HB 0999* Campfield </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act. States that any personal firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured in Tennessee and that remains in Tennessee is not considered to have traveled in interstate commerce, and consequently is not subject to federal law or regulation under the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution; requires that "Made in Tennessee" be stamped on a central metallic part of each such firearm. Specifies certain firearms to which this law does not apply. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cp\>TCA Sec. 04-00-0000 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Failed in House Criminal Practice Subcommittee \n 04/18/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1134\u003cbr\>Bunch\u003cbr\>HB 0906*\u003cbr\>Hill\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Confiscation of firearms or ammunition \n during emergency. \u003c/b\>Prohibits a peace officer from seizing or \n confiscating lawfully carried firearms or ammunition during an emergency \n or disaster, except if the officer reasonably believes it is for human \n protection. Requires officer to return seized firearm before discharging \n individual unless an arrest has been made. \n \u003cp\>TCA Sec. 58-02-0100 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice \n Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1155\u003cbr\>Black\u003cbr\>HB \n 1066*\u003cbr\>Maggart\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES: Minors operating off-highway \n motor vehicles. \u003c/b\>Establishes a Class C misdemeanor offense for a parent \n or legal guardian to permit a child under the age of 16 to operate or be a \n passenger on an off-highway motor vehicle without wearing a helmet that \n meets the U.S. department of transportation standards. Requires law \n enforcement officer to issue a citation in lieu of arrest to operator \n under certain circumstances. Allows a municipality to adopt an ordinance \n that mirrors these provisions. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 55-10-0000; 55-10-0207; 55-52-0000; 55-52-0200; 70-09-0000 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Withdrawn in Senate 02/14/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Transportation.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1203\u003cbr\>Southerland\u003cbr\>HB \n 0966*\u003cbr\>Overbey\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Sport fishing and hunting \n license for veterans. ",1] ); //--></script>TCA Sec. 04-00-0000 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Failed in House Criminal Practice Subcommittee 04/18/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1134 Bunch HB 0906* Hill </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Confiscation of firearms or ammunition during emergency. Prohibits a peace officer from seizing or confiscating lawfully carried firearms or ammunition during an emergency or disaster, except if the officer reasonably believes it is for human protection. Requires officer to return seized firearm before discharging individual unless an arrest has been made. TCA Sec. 58-02-0100 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1155 Black HB 1066* Maggart </td> <td width="600">TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES: Minors operating off-highway motor vehicles. Establishes a Class C misdemeanor offense for a parent or legal guardian to permit a child under the age of 16 to operate or be a passenger on an off-highway motor vehicle without wearing a helmet that meets the U.S. department of transportation standards. Requires law enforcement officer to issue a citation in lieu of arrest to operator under certain circumstances. Allows a municipality to adopt an ordinance that mirrors these provisions. TCA Secs. 55-10-0000; 55-10-0207; 55-52-0000; 55-52-0200; 70-09-0000 Senate Status: Withdrawn in Senate 02/14/2007. House Status: Referred to House Transportation. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1203 Southerland HB 0966* Overbey </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Sport fishing and hunting license for veterans. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003c/b\>Permits veterans with 30 percent or more \n service- connected disability, instead of more restrictive 30 percent or \n more combat-related disability, to be eligible for free sport fishing and \n hunting license.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Amendments:\u003c/b\> House Conservation and Environment \n amendment 1 attaches a one time draw down fee of ten dollars to allow the \n federal match to continue. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-02-0000; 70-02-0104 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Set for Senate Environment, Conservation & \n Tourism Committee 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> House Finance Budget \n Subcommittee 04/11/2007 set behind budget.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1206\u003cbr\>Southerland\u003cbr\>HB \n 1007*\u003cbr\>Curtiss\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES: Motor vehicle sales licenses. \n \u003c/b\>Expands definition of "motor vehicle" to include any off highway motor \n vehicle subject to the certificate of title and special identification \n device for purposes of motor vehicle sales licenses. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 55-17-0100; 55-17-0102; 55-03-0100; 55-04-0000; 55-06-0100 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in Senate Transportation \n 04/18/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Public Transportation \n & Highways Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1232*\u003cbr\>Kilby\u003cbr\>HB \n 1086\u003cbr\>Tidwell\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Wildlife resources commission \n cannot increase raise fees. \u003c/b\>Removes statutory authority of wildlife \n resources commission to promulgate rules and regulations to adjust fees \n for licenses and permits as well as establish new hunting, fishing and \n trapping licenses and permits as deemed appropriate along with necessary \n fees. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-00-0100; 70-01-0206; 70-02-0000; 70-02-0200 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation \n & Tourism.\u003cbr\>",1] ); //--></script>Permits veterans with 30 percent or more service- connected disability, instead of more restrictive 30 percent or more combat-related disability, to be eligible for free sport fishing and hunting license. Amendments: House Conservation and Environment amendment 1 attaches a one time draw down fee of ten dollars to allow the federal match to continue. TCA Secs. 70-02-0000; 70-02-0104 Senate Status: Set for Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism Committee 04/25/2007. House Status: House Finance Budget Subcommittee 04/11/2007 set behind budget. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1206 Southerland HB 1007* Curtiss </td> <td width="600">TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES: Motor vehicle sales licenses. Expands definition of "motor vehicle" to include any off highway motor vehicle subject to the certificate of title and special identification device for purposes of motor vehicle sales licenses. TCA Secs. 55-17-0100; 55-17-0102; 55-03-0100; 55-04-0000; 55-06-0100 Senate Status: Taken off notice in Senate Transportation 04/18/2007. House Status: Referred to Public Transportation & Highways Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1232* Kilby HB 1086 Tidwell </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Wildlife resources commission cannot increase raise fees. Removes statutory authority of wildlife resources commission to promulgate rules and regulations to adjust fees for licenses and permits as well as establish new hunting, fishing and trapping licenses and permits as deemed appropriate along with necessary fees. TCA Secs. 70-00-0100; 70-01-0206; 70-02-0000; 70-02-0200 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Wildlife \n Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1289\u003cbr\>Burchett\u003cbr\>HB \n 0695*\u003cbr\>McCord\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>GOVERNMENT REGULATION: Seizure of firearms during state \n of emergency. \u003c/b\>Prohibits the governor or any state or local public \n official from seizing private firearms or ammunition or otherwise limiting \n the lawful use of such firearms and ammunition during a state of \n emergency, major disaster or natural disaster. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 58-02-0100; 58-02-0107 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Re-referred to Senate Calendar Committee \n 04/09/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Criminal \n Practice Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1419*\u003cbr\>Flinn\u003cbr\>HB \n 1365\u003cbr\>Kernell\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Unlawful possession or carrying of weapon. \n \u003c/b\>States that first offense of unlawful possession of a weapon with \n intent to go armed is punishable by a fine not to exceed $500, in addition \n to existing punishments; designates second or third offense as a Class B \n misdemeanor. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1307 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Set for House Judiciary Committee 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1440*\u003cbr\>Flinn\u003cbr\>HB 1800\u003cbr\>Turner \n L.\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Increases handgun permit fee. \u003c/b\>Increases \n the handgun permit from $115 to $130. Requires $15.00 of the fee be sent \n to the sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides for purposes \n of reimbursing the sheriff for costs associated with performing \n eligibility checks. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1351 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice \n Subcommittee.",1] ); //--></script>House Status: Referred to House Wildlife Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1289 Burchett HB 0695* McCord </td> <td width="600">GOVERNMENT REGULATION: Seizure of firearms during state of emergency. Prohibits the governor or any state or local public official from seizing private firearms or ammunition or otherwise limiting the lawful use of such firearms and ammunition during a state of emergency, major disaster or natural disaster. TCA Secs. 58-02-0100; 58-02-0107 Senate Status: Re-referred to Senate Calendar Committee 04/09/2007. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1419* Flinn HB 1365 Kernell </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Unlawful possession or carrying of weapon. States that first offense of unlawful possession of a weapon with intent to go armed is punishable by a fine not to exceed $500, in addition to existing punishments; designates second or third offense as a Class B misdemeanor. TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1307 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Set for House Judiciary Committee 04/25/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1440* Flinn HB 1800 Turner L. </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Increases handgun permit fee. Increases the handgun permit from $115 to $130. Requires $15.00 of the fee be sent to the sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides for purposes of reimbursing the sheriff for costs associated with performing eligibility checks. TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1351 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee.<script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1507\u003cbr\>Burchett\u003cbr\>HB 0619*\u003cbr\>Turner \n M.\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Possession or use of handgun by convicted \n felons. \u003c/b\>Requires five-year mandatory minimum sentence for convicted \n felon who possesses a handgun. Specifies that person convicted of such \n offense is not eligible for judicial diversion or probation. Requires \n 12-year mandatory minimum sentence for felon who possesses handgun with \n the intent to employ it in commission of offense or escape from an \n offense. Establishes 20-year mandatory minimum sentence for felon who uses \n handgun in the commission of or escape from an offense. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1307; 40-35-0000 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in House Criminal Practice Subcommittee \n 03/14/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1543\u003cbr\>Beavers\u003cbr\>HB \n 0663*\u003cbr\>Hill\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Handgun carry permit application fee. \n \u003c/b\>Reduces the application and processing fee for handgun carry permits \n from $115 to $100; eliminates $15.00 fee earmarked for TBI for the \n maintenance of its fingerprint criminal history database. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1351 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee deferred to the \n first calendar of 2008.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1566*\u003cbr\>Herron\u003cbr\>HB \n 1875\u003cbr\>McDonald\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Hunting with a firearm and while under the \n influence. \u003c/b\>Creates a Class A misdemeanor for hunting with a firearm \n while under the influence of alcohol or any intoxicant, drug, or drug \n producing stimulant. Also creates a Class A misdemeanor for underage \n hunting with a firearm while under the influence of drugs or alcohol for \n those under the age of 21 years. \n ",1] ); //--></script> </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1507 Burchett HB 0619* Turner M. </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Possession or use of handgun by convicted felons. Requires five-year mandatory minimum sentence for convicted felon who possesses a handgun. Specifies that person convicted of such offense is not eligible for judicial diversion or probation. Requires 12-year mandatory minimum sentence for felon who possesses handgun with the intent to employ it in commission of offense or escape from an offense. Establishes 20-year mandatory minimum sentence for felon who uses handgun in the commission of or escape from an offense. TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1307; 40-35-0000 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Taken off notice in House Criminal Practice Subcommittee 03/14/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1543 Beavers HB 0663* Hill </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Handgun carry permit application fee. Reduces the application and processing fee for handgun carry permits from $115 to $100; eliminates $15.00 fee earmarked for TBI for the maintenance of its fingerprint criminal history database. TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1351 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee deferred to the first calendar of 2008. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1566* Herron HB 1875 McDonald </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Hunting with a firearm and while under the influence. Creates a Class A misdemeanor for hunting with a firearm while under the influence of alcohol or any intoxicant, drug, or drug producing stimulant. Also creates a Class A misdemeanor for underage hunting with a firearm while under the influence of drugs or alcohol for those under the age of 21 years. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-04-0000; 70-04-0600; 70-04-0601; 70-04-0602; 70-04-0603; \n 70-04-0604; 70-04-0605; 70-04-0606 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Set for Senate Environment, Conservation & \n Tourism Committee 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Caption bill, held \n on House clerk's desk.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1594*\u003cbr\>Norris\u003cbr\>HB \n1317\u003cbr\>West\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Use of deadly force in defense of self or \n others. \u003c/b\>Specifies when use of deadly force in self defense is \n justified. Expands the circumstances under which a person using deadly \n force for self-defense is considered immune from civil liability. Permits \n the use of deadly force for self-defense when there is reasonable belief \n of death in not only a person's residence (current law) but also in such \n person's dwelling or vehicle. Defines residence to include any dwelling or \n building within the curtilage of one's residence. Sets effective date 0f \n July 1, 2007. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee deferred to the \n first calendar of 2008.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1597*\u003cbr\>Norris\u003cbr\>HB \n 1285\u003cbr\>Crider\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Protects sale of firearms during state of \n emergency. \u003c/b\>Excludes firearms, ammunition, and firearm or ammunition \n components from property governor may commandeer in state of emergency; \n prohibits government from restricting the sale of firearms, ammunition, or \n firearm and ammunition components.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Amendments:\u003c/b\> House Judiciary \n amendment 1, Senate amendment 2 clarifies that during any state of \n emergency, major disaster or natural disaster, the state, a political \n subdivision or a public official shall not prohibit nor impose additional \n restrictions on the lawful possession, transfer, sale, transport, \n carrying, storage, display or use of firearms and ammunition or firearm \n and ammunition components. \n ",1] ); //--></script>TCA Secs. 70-04-0000; 70-04-0600; 70-04-0601; 70-04-0602; 70-04-0603; 70-04-0604; 70-04-0605; 70-04-0606 Senate Status: Set for Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism Committee 04/25/2007. House Status: Caption bill, held on House clerk's desk. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1594* Norris HB 1317 West </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Use of deadly force in defense of self or others. Specifies when use of deadly force in self defense is justified. Expands the circumstances under which a person using deadly force for self-defense is considered immune from civil liability. Permits the use of deadly force for self-defense when there is reasonable belief of death in not only a person's residence (current law) but also in such person's dwelling or vehicle. Defines residence to include any dwelling or building within the curtilage of one's residence. Sets effective date 0f July 1, 2007. TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee deferred to the first calendar of 2008. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1597* Norris HB 1285 Crider </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Protects sale of firearms during state of emergency. Excludes firearms, ammunition, and firearm or ammunition components from property governor may commandeer in state of emergency; prohibits government from restricting the sale of firearms, ammunition, or firearm and ammunition components. Amendments: House Judiciary amendment 1, Senate amendment 2 clarifies that during any state of emergency, major disaster or natural disaster, the state, a political subdivision or a public official shall not prohibit nor impose additional restrictions on the lawful possession, transfer, sale, transport, carrying, storage, display or use of firearms and ammunition or firearm and ammunition components. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cp\>TCA Sec. 58-02-0107 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Senate 03/28/2007 passed with amendment \n 2.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> House Judiciary 04/18/2007 recommended with \n amendment. Sent to House Calendar & Rules.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1609\u003cbr\>Norris\u003cbr\>HB \n0411*\u003cbr\>Todd\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Use of force in self defense. \u003c/b\>Specifies \n when use of deadly force in self defense is justified. Expands the \n circumstances under which a person using deadly force for self-defense is \n considered immune from civil liability. Permits the use of deadly force \n for self-defense when there is reasonable belief of death in not only a \n person's residence (current law) but also in such person's dwelling or \n vehicle. Defines residence to include any dwelling or building within the \n curtilage of one's residence. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Set for Senate Judiciary Committee \n 04/24/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> House Judiciary Criminal Practice \n Subcommittee deferred to the first calendar of 2008.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1642\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB \n 1128*\u003cbr\>Buck\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CAMPAIGNS & LOBBYING: Voter registration application \n given to hunting applicants. \u003c/b\>Requires wildlife resources agency and \n license agents to distribute or make available voter registration-by-mail \n application forms to hunting, fishing, or sportsman's license applicants \n 18 years of age and older. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 02-02-0000; 02-02-0200; 02-02-0208 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in Senate State & Local \n Government 03/20/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House \n Government Operations.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1651\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB \n 1118*\u003cbr\>Buck\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Possession of handguns where alcohol is \n served. ",1] ); //--></script>TCA Sec. 58-02-0107 Senate Status: Senate 03/28/2007 passed with amendment 2. House Status: House Judiciary 04/18/2007 recommended with amendment. Sent to House Calendar & Rules. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1609 Norris HB 0411* Todd </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Use of force in self defense. Specifies when use of deadly force in self defense is justified. Expands the circumstances under which a person using deadly force for self-defense is considered immune from civil liability. Permits the use of deadly force for self-defense when there is reasonable belief of death in not only a person's residence (current law) but also in such person's dwelling or vehicle. Defines residence to include any dwelling or building within the curtilage of one's residence. TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 Senate Status: Set for Senate Judiciary Committee 04/24/2007. House Status: House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee deferred to the first calendar of 2008. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1642 Jackson HB 1128* Buck </td> <td width="600">CAMPAIGNS & LOBBYING: Voter registration application given to hunting applicants. Requires wildlife resources agency and license agents to distribute or make available voter registration-by-mail application forms to hunting, fishing, or sportsman's license applicants 18 years of age and older. TCA Secs. 02-02-0000; 02-02-0200; 02-02-0208 Senate Status: Taken off notice in Senate State & Local Government 03/20/2007. House Status: Referred to House Government Operations. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1651 Jackson HB 1118* Buck </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Possession of handguns where alcohol is served. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003c/b\>Allows a person holding a handgun permit to possess a handgun \n on premises where alcoholic beverages are served, so long as said person \n is not consuming alcohol and so long as the owner of the premises had not \n posted a notice prohibiting such possession. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1305 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice \n Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1667\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB \n 0892*\u003cbr\>McCord\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Entry upon lands of another \n person for hunting or fishing. \u003c/b\>Prohibits person who enters lands of \n another for hunting, fishing, or other wildlife related activities from \n causing damage to the property, including damage to buildings, crops or \n livestock. Specifies that the penalty is a Class C misdemeanor and \n possible revocation of license. Allows TWRA to promulgate rules and \n regulations to establish private lands incentive programs to encourage \n voluntary property access for hunting, fishing and other wildlife related \n activities. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-04-0100; 70-04-0105 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Set for Senate Environment, Conservation & \n Tourism Committee 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Set for House \n Government Operations Committee 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1684*\u003cbr\>Herron\u003cbr\>HB \n 2297\u003cbr\>Maddox\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Use of force in self-defense. \u003c/b\>Specifies \n when use of deadly force in self defense is justified. Expands the \n circumstances under which a person using deadly force for self-defense is \n considered immune from civil liability. Permits the use of deadly force \n for self-defense when there is reasonable belief of death in not only a \n person's residence (current law) but also in such person's dwelling. \n Defines residence to include any dwelling or building within the curtilage \n of one's residence. \n ",1] ); //--></script>Allows a person holding a handgun permit to possess a handgun on premises where alcoholic beverages are served, so long as said person is not consuming alcohol and so long as the owner of the premises had not posted a notice prohibiting such possession. TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1305 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1667 Jackson HB 0892* McCord </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Entry upon lands of another person for hunting or fishing. Prohibits person who enters lands of another for hunting, fishing, or other wildlife related activities from causing damage to the property, including damage to buildings, crops or livestock. Specifies that the penalty is a Class C misdemeanor and possible revocation of license. Allows TWRA to promulgate rules and regulations to establish private lands incentive programs to encourage voluntary property access for hunting, fishing and other wildlife related activities. TCA Secs. 70-04-0100; 70-04-0105 Senate Status: Set for Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism Committee 04/25/2007. House Status: Set for House Government Operations Committee 04/25/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1684* Herron HB 2297 Maddox </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Use of force in self-defense. Specifies when use of deadly force in self defense is justified. Expands the circumstances under which a person using deadly force for self-defense is considered immune from civil liability. Permits the use of deadly force for self-defense when there is reasonable belief of death in not only a person's residence (current law) but also in such person's dwelling. Defines residence to include any dwelling or building within the curtilage of one's residence. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Set for Senate Judiciary Committee \n 04/24/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Taken off notice in House Criminal \n Practice Subcommittee 04/11/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1864\u003cbr\>Johnson J.\u003cbr\>HB \n 0171*\u003cbr\>Casada\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Civil immunity for persons using force in \n self defense. \u003c/b\>Specifies when use of deadly force in self defense is \n justified. Expands the circumstances under which a person using deadly \n force for self-defense is considered immune from civil liability. Permits \n the use of deadly force for self-defense when there is reasonable belief \n of death in not only a person's residence (current law) but also in such \n person's dwelling or vehicle. Defines residence to include any dwelling or \n building within the curtilage of one's residence. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Senate Judiciary deferred to \n 04/24/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Criminal \n Practice Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1876\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB \n 0196*\u003cbr\>Hensley\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Davy Crockett Long Hunters \n Shooting Range. \u003c/b\>Names Davy Crockett Long Hunters Shooting Range at \n David Crockett State Park in Lawrence County in honor of late Donald \n "Hopsing" Pilkinton. \n \u003cp\>\n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Set for Senate Environment, Conservation & \n Tourism Committee 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Set for House \n Finance, Ways & Means Budget Subcommittee 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1885\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB \n 1143*\u003cbr\>Buck\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Firearms allowed in restaurants. \u003c/b\>Allows \n any person with handgun permit who is not consuming alcoholic beverages \n and is not under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances to \n carry a handgun in a restaurant where alcoholic beverages are served. \n ",1] ); //--></script>TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 Senate Status: Set for Senate Judiciary Committee 04/24/2007. House Status: Taken off notice in House Criminal Practice Subcommittee 04/11/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1864 Johnson J. HB 0171* Casada </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Civil immunity for persons using force in self defense. Specifies when use of deadly force in self defense is justified. Expands the circumstances under which a person using deadly force for self-defense is considered immune from civil liability. Permits the use of deadly force for self-defense when there is reasonable belief of death in not only a person's residence (current law) but also in such person's dwelling or vehicle. Defines residence to include any dwelling or building within the curtilage of one's residence. TCA Secs. 39-11-0600; 39-11-0611; 39-11-0622 Senate Status: Senate Judiciary deferred to 04/24/2007. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1876 Jackson HB 0196* Hensley </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Davy Crockett Long Hunters Shooting Range. Names Davy Crockett Long Hunters Shooting Range at David Crockett State Park in Lawrence County in honor of late Donald "Hopsing" Pilkinton. Senate Status: Set for Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism Committee 04/25/2007. House Status: Set for House Finance, Ways & Means Budget Subcommittee 04/25/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1885 Jackson HB 1143* Buck </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Firearms allowed in restaurants. Allows any person with handgun permit who is not consuming alcoholic beverages and is not under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances to carry a handgun in a restaurant where alcoholic beverages are served. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1305 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice \n Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1886\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB \n 1142*\u003cbr\>Buck\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Expands felony of possession of handgun. \n \u003c/b\>Broadens Class E felony of possession of a handgun by person convicted \n of felony involving use or attempted use of force, violence, or a deadly \n weapon or convicted of felony drug offense to include possession of any \n firearm. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1307 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice \n Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1887\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB \n 1144*\u003cbr\>Buck\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Department of safety annual report on \n handguns. \u003c/b\>Makes annual statistical report by the department of safety \n of the number of handgun permits issued, denied, revoked, or suspended \n available upon request by each member of the general assembly. Current law \n requires that such report be distributed to each member. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1351 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice \n Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1967*\u003cbr\>Norris\u003cbr\>HB 1835\u003cbr\>DeBerry \n J.\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Offense of employing firearm during \n commission of felony. \u003c/b\>Creates offense of employing a firearm during \n the commission of a felony, punishable by a sentence of 10 years that must \n be served in full; creates offense of possession of handgun, machine gun, \n short-barreled rifle or short-barreled shotgun during the commission of an \n offense, punishable by a sentence of six years to be served in full if \n committed during the commission of a Class A, B or C felony and by a \n sentence of three years to be served in full if committed during the \n commission of a Class D or E felony. Creates a felony offense for \n possession of a handgun by any person who has been convicted of a felony \n offense; classifies this as a Class E felony if previous conviction was \n for a Class D or E felony and as a Class C felony if previous conviction \n was for a Class A, B or C felony. \n ",1] ); //--></script>TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1305 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1886 Jackson HB 1142* Buck </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Expands felony of possession of handgun. Broadens Class E felony of possession of a handgun by person convicted of felony involving use or attempted use of force, violence, or a deadly weapon or convicted of felony drug offense to include possession of any firearm. TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1307 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1887 Jackson HB 1144* Buck </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Department of safety annual report on handguns. Makes annual statistical report by the department of safety of the number of handgun permits issued, denied, revoked, or suspended available upon request by each member of the general assembly. Current law requires that such report be distributed to each member. TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1351 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Referred to House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1967* Norris HB 1835 DeBerry J. </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Offense of employing firearm during commission of felony. Creates offense of employing a firearm during the commission of a felony, punishable by a sentence of 10 years that must be served in full; creates offense of possession of handgun, machine gun, short-barreled rifle or short-barreled shotgun during the commission of an offense, punishable by a sentence of six years to be served in full if committed during the commission of a Class A, B or C felony and by a sentence of three years to be served in full if committed during the commission of a Class D or E felony. Creates a felony offense for possession of a handgun by any person who has been convicted of a felony offense; classifies this as a Class E felony if previous conviction was for a Class D or E felony and as a Class C felony if previous conviction was for a Class A, B or C felony. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-00-0000; 39-17-1307; 39-17-1308; 40-00-0000 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Set for House Judiciary Committee 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Other \n Status: \u003c/b\>Oversight Committee on Corrections 04/09/2007 released to \n standing committees without comment.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 1994*\u003cbr\>Black\u003cbr\>HB \n 1974\u003cbr\>Maggart\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES: Minors required to wear helmets \n on off-highway vehicles. \u003c/b\>Establishes a Class C misdemeanor offense \n subject for a parent or legal guardian to permit a child under the age of \n 18 to operate or be a passenger on an off-highway motor vehicle without \n wearing a helmet that meets the U.S. department of transportation \n standards. Specifies that a violation is a Class C misdemeanor. Allows \n municipalities to adopt ordinance that mirrors these provisions and to \n issue a traffic citation in lieu of arrest for a \n violation.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Amendments:\u003c/b\> Senate amendment 1, House Transportation \n amendment 1 makes the bill, and replaces "helmet that meets the United \n States department of transportation standards for off-highway motor \n vehicles" with "appropriate helmet," defined as meeting the federal motor \n vehicle standards. Permits such helmet to have ventilation airways that \n penetrate through the entire shell of the helmet but not exceeding one and \n one-half inches in diameter. Requires helmet to be affixed with label \n indicating compliance with requirements of STM, CPSC, SIRC or Snell \n Foundation. Changes penalty of $2 fine and court costs to a fine not to \n exceed $50 and court costs not to exceed $10. Removes maximum penalty \n provision for incorporated municipality ordinances. Senate amendment 2 \n adds that such offense does not apply to parents or legal guardians of a \n child under 18 if the operator or passenger is 21 or older or if the child \n is operating the off-highway motor vehicle while under the supervision of \n a person 21 or older. Senate amendment 3 clarifies that this bill would \n not apply to street legal dune buggies. \n ",1] ); //--></script>TCA Secs. 39-00-0000; 39-17-1307; 39-17-1308; 40-00-0000 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Set for House Judiciary Committee 04/25/2007. Other Status: Oversight Committee on Corrections 04/09/2007 released to standing committees without comment. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 1994* Black HB 1974 Maggart </td> <td width="600">TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES: Minors required to wear helmets on off-highway vehicles. Establishes a Class C misdemeanor offense subject for a parent or legal guardian to permit a child under the age of 18 to operate or be a passenger on an off-highway motor vehicle without wearing a helmet that meets the U.S. department of transportation standards. Specifies that a violation is a Class C misdemeanor. Allows municipalities to adopt ordinance that mirrors these provisions and to issue a traffic citation in lieu of arrest for a violation. Amendments: Senate amendment 1, House Transportation amendment 1 makes the bill, and replaces "helmet that meets the United States department of transportation standards for off-highway motor vehicles" with "appropriate helmet," defined as meeting the federal motor vehicle standards. Permits such helmet to have ventilation airways that penetrate through the entire shell of the helmet but not exceeding one and one-half inches in diameter. Requires helmet to be affixed with label indicating compliance with requirements of STM, CPSC, SIRC or Snell Foundation. Changes penalty of $2 fine and court costs to a fine not to exceed $50 and court costs not to exceed $10. Removes maximum penalty provision for incorporated municipality ordinances. Senate amendment 2 adds that such offense does not apply to parents or legal guardians of a child under 18 if the operator or passenger is 21 or older or if the child is operating the off-highway motor vehicle while under the supervision of a person 21 or older. Senate amendment 3 clarifies that this bill would not apply to street legal dune buggies. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cp\>TCA Secs. 55-10-0000; 55-52-0000; 70-09-0000 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Senate 04/04/2007 passed with amendments 1, 2 \n & 3.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Set for House Calendar & Rules \n Committee 04/24/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 2016\u003cbr\>Burchett\u003cbr\>HB \n 1956*\u003cbr\>Armstrong\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>RETAIL TRADE: Motorcycle and Off-Road Vehicle Dealer \n Fairness Act. \u003c/b\>Establishes laws pertaining to retailers of motorcycle \n and off-road vehicles and their suppliers who enter into retail \n agreements.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Amendments:\u003c/b\> Senate amendment 1 modifies the \n repurchasing schedule for specialized repair tools. Requires the supplier \n to repurchase at 100% of the net cost specialized repair tools purchased \n in the past three years, 75% for tools purchased in the past four through \n six years, and 50% for tools purchased more than 6 years ago. Previously \n the schedule required 75% of the cost be paid for tools purchased in the \n previous three years and 50% of the cost for tools purchased in the \n previous four through six years. \n \u003cp\>TCA Sec. 47-25-0000 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Senate 04/09/2007 passed with amendment \n 1.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Set for House Commerce 04/24/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 2098\u003cbr\>Jackson\u003cbr\>HB \n 2185*\u003cbr\>McCord\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: TWRA regulation and reporting. \n \u003c/b\>Allows TWRA to enter into cooperative agreements with any federal or \n state agency to regulate fishing, hunting, or trapping in the area under \n jurisdiction of the federal agencies or the state or in interstate waters \n 45 days after publication rather than 30. Requires the executive director \n to submit a report to commission and governor by September 30 of each \n year. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-00-0000; 70-01-0302; 70-01-0307 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation \n & Tourism.",1] ); //--></script>TCA Secs. 55-10-0000; 55-52-0000; 70-09-0000 Senate Status: Senate 04/04/2007 passed with amendments 1, 2 & 3. House Status: Set for House Calendar & Rules Committee 04/24/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 2016 Burchett HB 1956* Armstrong </td> <td width="600">RETAIL TRADE: Motorcycle and Off-Road Vehicle Dealer Fairness Act. Establishes laws pertaining to retailers of motorcycle and off-road vehicles and their suppliers who enter into retail agreements. Amendments: Senate amendment 1 modifies the repurchasing schedule for specialized repair tools. Requires the supplier to repurchase at 100% of the net cost specialized repair tools purchased in the past three years, 75% for tools purchased in the past four through six years, and 50% for tools purchased more than 6 years ago. Previously the schedule required 75% of the cost be paid for tools purchased in the previous three years and 50% of the cost for tools purchased in the previous four through six years. TCA Sec. 47-25-0000 Senate Status: Senate 04/09/2007 passed with amendment 1. House Status: Set for House Commerce 04/24/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 2098 Jackson HB 2185* McCord </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: TWRA regulation and reporting. Allows TWRA to enter into cooperative agreements with any federal or state agency to regulate fishing, hunting, or trapping in the area under jurisdiction of the federal agencies or the state or in interstate waters 45 days after publication rather than 30. Requires the executive director to submit a report to commission and governor by September 30 of each year. TCA Secs. 70-00-0000; 70-01-0302; 70-01-0307 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism.<script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to House Wildlife \n Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 2143\u003cbr\>Burchett\u003cbr\>HB \n 2184*\u003cbr\>Niceley\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>CRIMINAL LAW: Handgun permit holders allowed to carry gun \n in state park. \u003c/b\>Permits Tennessee resident who has a valid handgun \n carry permit to possess his or her handgun while within the boundaries of \n any state park.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>Amendments:\u003c/b\> House Judiciary Criminal Practice \n Subcommittee amendment 1 deletes the section of the code that makes it an \n offense to carry weapons on public parks, playgrounds, civic centers and \n other public recreational buildings and grounds. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1311; 39-17-1359; 70-00-0000 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Judiciary.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House \n Status:\u003c/b\> Set for House Judiciary Committee 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 2290\u003cbr\>Bunch\u003cbr\>HB 1864*\u003cbr\>Watson \n E.\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Hunting in Polk county. \n \u003c/b\>Permits hunting or taking deer or wild boar in season using buckshot \n numbers 1-0, 00, or 000 with written permission on private property in \n Polk County. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-04-0000; 70-04-0116 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Set for Senate Environment, Conservation & \n Tourism Committee 04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> House Wildlife \n Subcommittee deferred to summer study.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>SB 2299\u003cbr\>McNally\u003cbr\>HB \n 2181*\u003cbr\>Hackworth\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Nonresident license fees. \n \u003c/b\>Decreases hunting and fishing licensing fees for nonresident family \n members of persons with a lifetime sportsman license. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 70-02-0200; 70-02-0202 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>Senate Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation \n & Tourism.\u003cbr\>\u003cb\>House Status:",1] ); //--></script> House Status: Referred to House Wildlife Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 2143 Burchett HB 2184* Niceley </td> <td width="600">CRIMINAL LAW: Handgun permit holders allowed to carry gun in state park. Permits Tennessee resident who has a valid handgun carry permit to possess his or her handgun while within the boundaries of any state park. Amendments: House Judiciary Criminal Practice Subcommittee amendment 1 deletes the section of the code that makes it an offense to carry weapons on public parks, playgrounds, civic centers and other public recreational buildings and grounds. TCA Secs. 39-17-1300; 39-17-1311; 39-17-1359; 70-00-0000 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Status: Set for House Judiciary Committee 04/25/2007. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 2290 Bunch HB 1864* Watson E. </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Hunting in Polk county. Permits hunting or taking deer or wild boar in season using buckshot numbers 1-0, 00, or 000 with written permission on private property in Polk County. TCA Secs. 70-04-0000; 70-04-0116 Senate Status: Set for Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism Committee 04/25/2007. House Status: House Wildlife Subcommittee deferred to summer study. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">SB 2299 McNally HB 2181* Hackworth </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Nonresident license fees. Decreases hunting and fishing licensing fees for nonresident family members of persons with a lifetime sportsman license. TCA Secs. 70-02-0200; 70-02-0202 Senate Status: Referred to Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism. 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Requires, \n rather than allows, director of TWRA to establish and implement an \n off-highway vehicle program. \n \u003cp\>TCA Secs. 55-00-0000; 55-06-0100; 55-06-0101; 70-00-0000; 70-09-0104; \n 70-09-0106; 70-09-0107 \n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Referred to Public Transportation & Highways \n Subcommittee.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctr\>\n \u003ctd valign\u003d\"top\" nowrap width\u003d\"75\"\>HJR 0108\u003cbr\>McCord\u003cbr\>\u003c/td\>\n \u003ctd width\u003d\"600\"\>\u003cb\>ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Constitutional amendment - \n right to hunt and fish. \u003c/b\>Proposes an amendment to Article XI, Section \n 13, of the Constitution of Tennessee to add provisions establishing the \n right to hunt, fish, and harvest game subject to reasonable rules and \n regulations. Establishes standard for reviewing such rules and \n regulations. \n \u003cp\>\n \u003cp\>\u003cb\>House Status:\u003c/b\> Set for House Conservation & Environment \n Committee \n04/25/2007.\u003cbr\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/p\>\u003c/td\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tr\>\u003c/tbody\>\u003c/table\>\u003c/font\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\n",0] ); //--></script> House Wildlife Subcommittee deferred to summer study. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">HB 2053* Matheny </td> <td width="600">TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES: Off-highway motor vehicles - fees. Creates additional fees for the purchase of and certificate of title for off-highway motor vehicles; states that such fees will not apply to persons using the vehicles only on their own property or that of their relatives for farming purposes or in the person's commercial business. Allocates these funds to the TN wildlife resources agency. Requires, rather than allows, director of TWRA to establish and implement an off-highway vehicle program. TCA Secs. 55-00-0000; 55-06-0100; 55-06-0101; 70-00-0000; 70-09-0104; 70-09-0106; 70-09-0107 House Status: Referred to Public Transportation & Highways Subcommittee. </td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="75">HJR 0108 McCord </td> <td width="600">ENVIRONMENT & NATURE: Constitutional amendment - right to hunt and fish. Proposes an amendment to Article XI, Section 13, of the Constitution of Tennessee to add provisions establishing the right to hunt, fish, and harvest game subject to reasonable rules and regulations. 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Repost from another site. I like the way this guy thinks! 02/18/07 This was posted by Grim on Assault Web. Sounds like a VERY GOOD idea. I don't own just guns, rifles, assault weapons any more. They're all "HOMELAND DEFENSE RIFLES" (HDR's). I don't know where it got started, or who coined it....but the term "Homeland Defense Rifle" became a good laugh for us all. But after thinking about, I feel it isn't a joke. I feel we should go out of our way to make that a keyword amongst the Law Abiding gun owner/shooter community (and all splinters of it). Why? Well, because that's what they have ALWAYS been, but now a gracious and well defined name has come to light. If you use the term to the point enough, it will stick. We all know that "Assault Rifles" by modern times definition is false. Assault rifle meant select fire...etc.....BUT a few Democraps and Leftwingers got a hold of it and plastered it all over till' it became a newly defined word/term. We embraced it mostly for the humor & shock value. "Yeah, I own guns, I have some old lever actions, a revolver....OH, and a few 'assault rifles' (then a good laugh as you mock the term) But, its not OUR term, it was handed to us by the enemy to scare the sheeple. So why should we continue using it? I didn't buy my AK style rifles for hunting, I sure as hell didn't buy them for marksmanship related shooting events, I bought them as a tool of defense and deterrence to those that want to threaten me in any form, whether a criminal attacking my home or a power attacking my rights. So I feel we should take this new term that WE chose, that describes OUR 'tools' for what they really are and have ALWAYS been. These, my friends, are the freeman's modern day musket. My dream as of now, is to see that this new DESCRIPTIVE DEFINITION, LABEL, TERM, WHATEVER be used SO COMMONLY that the lefties actually bring it up on CNN, FOXNEWS etc.... Let them scoff, let them 'spin' this, try to mock it, hell, LET THEM MOCK IT, BUT.....DON'T back down, don't flinch, continue using it till' it is forced into the sheeples mind. If the powers that be wanna use fear of terrorism to justify their actions, them I for damn sure will use it to CLARIFY my reason for owning these weapons. They expect us to [beeep] in our pants.....they show videos of terrorists training with 'Military weapons', Well guess what, You can't put a cat in a dog fight. Lets use their "fear factor" against them, lets not only coin this new label, lets MINT it!! From now on, every time you make a post, or are in a conversation with a sheeple or even a fellow Patriot, and the need comes to use the term 'Assault Rifle'----catch yourself and use the RIGHT term "Homeland Defense Rifle"...... Put pressure on Major dealers to start using the phrase in their advertising,"ON SALE This Week: Homeland Defense Rifles..." Lets turn this tide in OUR favor for once. Think it about...... please, this is a bigger deal than you think. I know it sounds a bit silly at first, or even a bit pointless, but look at the BIG picture. The existing term was used to disarm us, as well as "Non-Sporting features/rifle". Let them try to deny us our "Homeland Defense Rifles". How does that sound? If it is used enough, it will be a forced vocabulary, the media will mock it at first or ignore it, but if we PERSIST without hesitation, then the term will be set in stone, as well as the hearts & minds of many. Please help make this a reality.

And I don't mean to sound like I'm shooting down training. Training is an excellent tool and people really should avail themselves of it any time that they can.

Someone who is in a business like yours should obviously understand that there is a time for discretion and that there is value in not speaking too loudly of certain things on the Internet. What I would do if "they" came to take my guns is irrelevant to the issue at hand and not something that I care to openly discuss. For the sake of legal record, I'd pursue every legal means of retaining my firearms. Beyond that, my plan of action remains between me and God... and I know that HE isn't going to tell anyone else about it. Tactical training is not a requisite for bearing arms and should NEVER become a requisite for it either. What training I have had or will take in the future is another personal matter that I choose to keep quiet.People should certainly train themselves to be proficient in whatever mode of self defense that they choose to employ. Whether it's unarmed combat or armed. If they opt for professionally instructed training at any point in their life, that's nice and a good thing. But you know, I'd rather see a person shoot often on their own than not shoot at all. Many of the people who fought for the founding freedoms of this country weren't professional soldiers and had no formal training. Here's another quote that I like: “Before any standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States… [The people] will instantly inspire the inclination to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive.” --Noah Webster Just regular people. Home makers, farmers, doctors, lawyers, shop workers, you name it. Not professionally trained, not weekend warriors, just regular folks. Training is good! Training is not required, however. PS: I would absolutely love to see your dad on here, especially now that we're going to start hosting articles on 2nd Amendment related issues. Talk him into it!

Repost from another site... Invoking the Law of Unintended Consequences Jack Kinsella ''When Guns Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have Guns'' Commentary on the News Thursday, April 19, 2007 Jack Kinsella - Omega Letter Editor It is a certainty that the Virginia Tech shooting will dominate the media to the exclusion of all else for as long as the media can milk the story. So I'll limit my conversation on the topic to just two observations before moving on to make my point. In the first place, there are already demands that everybody above the rank of janitor at the university be fired for not locking down the university when the first two killings took place. Police found two bodies, a male and female, and believed the killings were part of a domestic dispute. Given the information that they had, there were but two choices. Lock down the entire campus, possibly creating a panic in which some of the students may have been injured. In hindsight, that would appear to have been the correct choice. But who could have guessed? This case was bizarre by any standard. In the 'normal' course of events (if one can bend the word 'normal' enough to make it fit a murder scene) the murderer kills his victim, and then flees the scene to avoid being captured. That is what the campus authorities wrongly assumed was the case in this instance. The media continues to trumpet the fact that the Virginia Tech Massacre was the worst mass-shooting in US history. Think about our blood-soaked history for a second and allow that fact to pull things into perspective. It was worse than the bloodiest day in old Tombstone. It was worse than the Chicago St Valentine's Day Massacre. It was worse than the U of T shootings by Charles Whitman back in 1966. It was worse than Columbine. In all our history, it was the worst case of mass murder ever, period. To allege the school authorities were negligent because they didn't anticipate that this rather ordinary-appearing homicide (again, forgive my use of the word 'ordinary' but the fact that such a word fits is terrifyingly revealing of our cultural decline) was the precursor to an inevitable massacre is simply ridiculous. The next observation I think is worth making has to do with the fact that the shooter evidently had nothing to fear. He walked from classroom to classroom, shooting students with impunity, stopping along the way to reload his weapons. At least forty-eight people were either killed or injured in a 21 minute shooting spree. That means the gunman fired a minimum of 48 rounds before turning the weapon on himself. There are stories of students holding the doors closed to keep the gunman out as he fired through the doors into the classrooms. At least one professor reportedly held the door shut long enough to allow his students to escape jumping out of windows, before the professor was killed by one of the rounds that penetrated the door. At least forty-eight rounds. At least 21 minutes. What if just one of those professors or students had themselves been armed? What if the gunman walked into one of the classrooms and was cut down by an armed student or teacher before he could complete his mission? If it saved just one student, if that student was your kid, would it have been worth it? The massacre was a direct result of the American social myth that guns kill people. Following that logic, if one eliminates guns, one eliminates murder. That logic is clearly flawed. Guns are inanimate objects. Without a person pulling the trigger, a gun is no more dangerous than a steam iron. Anybody with enough money can obtain a gun provided they aren't worried about getting arrested. When a guy intends to use it to commit murder, the risk of arrest for unlawful possession of a handgun isn't much of a deterrent. It only deters the kind of people who aren't planning to use a weapon in a major crime. Remember the old bumper sticker? "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." I don't mean to use this tragedy to make a political point. It isn't a political point that I am trying to make -- it is a point of logic. Florida adopted a right-to-carry law in 1987. At the time the law was passed, critics predicted increases in violence. So when the law went into effect, the Dade County Police began a program to record all arrest and non arrest incidents involving concealed carry licensees. Between September of 1987 and August of 1992, Dade County recorded 4 crimes committed by licensees with firearms. None of these crimes resulted in an injury. The record keeping program was abandoned in 1992 because there were not enough incidents to justify tracking them. Between 1987 when Florida adopted the right-to-carry law and the passage of the Brady Bill in 1994, the handgun homicide rate nationwide went UP by 24%. In Florida during the same period, the handgun homicide rate DROPPED by 41%. According to one study, as of 1998, nationwide, there was only one recorded incident of a licensed firearm being used following a traffic accident. One. (And a grand jury found that shooting was in self-defense.) As of 1998, no licensed gun owner had ever shot a police officer. Not one. But during this same study period, there were nine school shooting massacres. (In one celebrated case, Assistant Principal Joel Myrick used his licensed gun to stop Luke Woodham after he shot nine students at Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi.) Between 1977 and 1992, 10 states adopted right-to- carry laws. One study found that the implementation of these laws created no change in suicide rates, a one half of one percent rise in accidental firearm deaths, a 5% decline in rapes, a 7% decline in aggravated assaults, and an 8% decline in murder in those states. Using 1995 numbers, the statics come out to be 1 more accidental gun death, 316 less murders, 939 less rapes, and 14,702 less aggravated assaults, in these 10 states annually. (Lott, John R. Jr. "More Guns Less Crime.) The massacre at Virginia Tech was not a hardware problem. It was a heart problem. Having decided in his heart, the gunmen then set out to obtain the weapons. Had he NOT been the only armed individual at Virginia Tech, it is unlikely that he would have killed so many students. It doesn't seem to be much of a leap of logic to assume that, had the gunman expected a substantial number of students and teachers to be armed, a shooting spree may never even have entered his mind. That's why school shootings are unique to this generation (the first case of an adolescent school shooting in US history was carried out by a 16 year-old schoolgirl named Brenda Spencer in 1979). There were only two school shootings prior to the passage of the Brady Bill in 1994 -- the one in 1979 and a second in 1987. It is worth noting that there were a dozen more between 1995 and 2000. (And in the first seven years of the 21st century, there were 20, including the VT massacre.) The false prophets of the last half century have preached a social gospel about the inherent goodness of the brotherhood of man. Sin, they taught, is an archaic concept that has no place in our modern, enlightened society. Prisons should be places of rehabilitation rather than punishment. Criminal behavior was an environmental problem. Remove the opportunity for crime, (ie., guns) and crime will go down. Hence, the ridiculous conclusion that guns are responsible for murders rather than the people who use them to that end. Asked of the signs of His coming, Jesus prophesied, "And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." (Matthew 24:11-12) He also warned elsewhere, "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." (Matthew 7:15) The Apostle Paul warned of 'perilous times' to come 'in the last days'. Paul goes on to explain why: "For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good . . . " (2nd Timothy 3:1-3) God and prayer are forbidden topics in the US educational system. Students are taught the social gospel of the brotherhood of man. There is no God, the kids are taught. "And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, MURDER, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers . . ." (Romans 1:28 ) No doubt those who believe man is the supreme being are sincere. But they are sincerely wrong. "Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil." (Proverbs 1:31-33) Our prayers are with the families of the victims of the slaughter. May God bless and heal them. And may God protect us all from the law of unintended consequences. Until He comes.

You may have noticed it in the forum listing and wondered why nothing is in it right now. It's not quite ready yet, but it's coming! Hopefully I will be done with it tonight or tomorrow. Stay tuned.

From what I was told and have read for myself, if you want to have fun then the way to go is USPSA. I've watched a lot of IDPA and USPSA videos lately and have to say that the latter really does look like the most fun and the one least encumbered by procedural details that may weigh down IDPA and discourage new folks from persisting. I plan on trying my hand at a USPSA event real soon. I'm sure I will totally suck at it, but like I've said before, if you're at rock bottom the only place to go is up.

Dennis is a world class guy. I really like him. for Guns and Leather.

Important Second Amendment Legislation Moving Forward in the Volunteer State! Please Contact Your State Representative Today! Two important Right-to-Carry reform bills will be heard before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, April 25. House Bill 132, sponsored by Representative Mike Bell (R-23), would allow aperson with a handgun carry permit to possess a firearm in all public hunting areas, refuges, wildlife management areas, and national forests managed by the state; and House Bill 2184, sponsored by Representative Frank Niceley (R-17), would allow any resident, who has a valid handgun carry permit, to possess his or her handgun while within the boundaries of any state park. Please call the House Judiciary Committee today at (615) 741-1351 or 1-800-449-8366 and urge them to support and vote “YES” to HB 132 and HB 2184. House Judiciary Committee Members: Representative Rob Briley (D-52), Chair: (615) 741-2184; rep.rob.briley@legislature.state.tn.us Representative Kent Colman (D-49), Vice-Chair: (615) 741-6829;rep.kent.coleman@legislature.state.tn.us Representative Janis Sontany (D-53), (615) 741-6861; rep.janis.sontany@legislature.state.tn.us Representative Eddie Bass (D-65), (615) 741-1864; rep.eddie.bass@legislature.state.tn.us Representative Frank Buck (D-40), (615) 741-3817; rep.frank.buck@legislature.state.tn.us Representative Tom DuBois (R-64), (615) 741-7444; rep.tom.dubois@legislature.state.tn.us Representative Henry Fincher (D-42), (615) 741-1875; rep.henry.fincher@legislature.state.tn.us Representative Jon Lundberg (R-1), (615) 741-7623; rep.jon.lundberg@legislature.state.tn.us Representative Judd Matheny (R-47), (615) 741-7448; rep.judd.matheny@legislature.state.tn.us Representative Eric Watson (R-22), (615) 741-7799; eric.watson@legislature.state.tn.us Also, House Bill 1285, the “Emergency Powers” legislation could be heard before the full House any day. HB 1285, sponsored by Representative Dolores Gresham (R-94), would protect our Second Amendment rights during a state of emergency by prohibiting any government agency from regulating the lawful sale, possession, transfer, transport and carry of firearms. Please call your State Representative at 1-800-449-8366 and urge him or her to support and vote “YES” to HB 1285. If you need help identifying your State Representative, please click here. To find further contact information or help identifying your legislators please use the "Write Your Representative" feature found at www.NRAILA.org.

Excellent article, SSS. Lots of insight and wisdom in those few short paragraphs and it touches on something that I'm afraid a lot of people fall victim to when they get wide-eyed and giddy over the ideas of taking tacti-cool training that has absolutely no application to civilian life. Is it fun? I bet! Is it worthwhile? Probably not! I'd rather spend my money taking practical training from as many different, legitimate, respected training outlets as possible. I say respected because I'd prefer to stick with places with renown... not take training from Bob's Shooting School and Screen Door Repairs. The more you train in one discipline, from more than one instructor, the more proficient at it you become. "I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick ten thousand times." --Bruce Lee Something to think about isn't it?

I can honestly say I've never heard of an M&P without the sear deactivation lever.

I guess for the sake of clarity, Shay are any of the trainers combat veterans? I looked at the profiles and most seem to have some law enforcement background. But of coursed, some of the folks here are combat veterans and I think that is what some of the critiquing comes from.

I'm not picking on Jack, the mustachioed Gun City guy, in particular here but I do feel an urging to make a statement about the section I highlighted in bold there. It amazes me that a lot of the gun shops I have been to over the years are void of a thing called Customer Service. Customer Service isn't just the mechanics of selling an item (or service) to the customer, it's also making the customer feel welcome. You can't make everyone happy, but you can make them feel as though you were at least glad they stopped by. A lot of gun shops seem to treat customers as annoyances until they plunk down cash for a sale. It's as though they see a clear delineation between prospective customer and paying customer and treat both differently. But I've got news for them; a paying customer starts out as a prospective customer and the way they are treated along the way determines whether or not they will become a paying customer. Why don't gun shops get this??? I've been to two gun shops that "got" that idea since I've lived in Tennessee. That's two gun shops in TEN YEARS out of a dozen or more shops, total. And you know, those two shops also had some of the lower prices in the area! Could it be that they have lower prices because they sell more guns because they treat their customers and prospective customers the same? Could it be that the other shops have such high prices because their sales volume is in the toilet because grouchy people with bad attitudes are working the counters? Something to think about.

I've been there once and that was enough for me. I'd drive to Greenbrier or Murfreesboro for a better gun shop if I were in your shoes.

Danger! Tower does this to all the new guys and then pulls the old "We're out of gas <wink wink nudge nudge>" routine on dark backroads and then he... touches... their... GUNS!!! Welcome.

I'm telling you... Fred Thompson & J.C. Watts. That ticket would destroy anything the Democrats could even hope to put together.

It's time for us to ban private ownership of bathtubs! And water!

I always enjoy seeing the pictures.

Nugent: Gun-free zones are recipe for disaster POSTED: 11:25 a.m. EDT, April 20, 2007 By Ted Nugent Special to CNN Editor's note: Rock guitarist Ted Nugent has sold more than 30 million albums. He's also a gun rights activist and serves on the board of directors of the National Rifle Association. His program, "Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild," can be seen on the Outdoor Channel. Read an opposing take on gun control from journalist Tom Plate: Let's lay down our right to bear arms WACO, Texas (CNN) -- Zero tolerance, huh? Gun-free zones, huh? Try this on for size: Columbine gun-free zone, New York City pizza shop gun-free zone, Luby's Cafeteria gun-free zone, Amish school in Pennsylvania gun-free zone and now Virginia Tech gun-free zone. Anybody see what theevil Brady Campaign and other anti-gun cults have created? I personally have zero tolerance for evil and denial. And America had best wake up real fast that the brain-dead celebration of unarmed helplessness will get you killed every time, and I've about had enough of it. Nearly a decade ago, a Springfield, Oregon, high schooler, a hunter familiar with firearms, was able to bring an unfolding rampage to an abrupt end when he identified a gunman attempting to reload his .22-caliber rifle, made the tactical decision to make a move and tackled the shooter. A few years back, an assistant principal at Pearl High School in Mississippi, which was a gun-free zone, retrieved his legally owned Colt .45 from his car and stopped a Columbine wannabe from continuing his massacre at another school after he had killed two and wounded more at Pearl. At an eighth-grade school dance in Pennsylvania, a boy fatally shot a teacher and wounded two students before the owner of the dance hall brought the killing to a halt with his own gun. More recently, just a few miles up the road from Virginia Tech, two law school students ran to fetch their legally owned firearm to stop a madman from slaughtering anybody and everybody he pleased. These brave, average, armed citizens neutralized him pronto. My hero, Dr. Suzanne Gratia Hupp, was not allowed by Texas law to carry her handgun into Luby's Cafeteria that fateful day in 1991, when due to bureaucrat-forced unarmed helplessness she could do nothing to stop satanic George Hennard from killing 23 people and wounding more than 20 others before he shot himself. Hupp was unarmed for no other reason than denial-ridden "feel good" politics. She has since led the charge for concealed weapon upgrade in Texas, where we can now stop evil. Yet, there are still the mindless puppets of the Brady Campaign and other anti-gun organizations insisting on continuing the gun-free zone insanity by which innocents are forced into unarmed helplessness. Shame on them. Shame on America. Shame on the anti-gunners all. No one was foolish enough to debate Ryder truck regulations or ammonia nitrate restrictions or a "cult of agriculture fertilizer" following the unabashed evil of Timothy McVeigh's heinous crime against America on that fateful day in Oklahoma City. No one faulted kitchen utensils or other hardware of choice after Jeffrey Dahmer was caught drugging, mutilating, raping, murdering and cannibalizing his victims. Nobody wanted "steak knife control" as they autopsied the dead nurses in Chicago, Illinois, as Richard Speck went on trial for mass murder. Evil is as evil does, and laws disarming guaranteed victims make evil people very, very happy. Shame on us. Already spineless gun control advocates are squawking like chickens with their tiny-brained heads chopped off, making political hay over this most recent, devastating Virginia Tech massacre, when in fact it is their own forced gun-free zone policy that enabled the unchallenged methodical murder of 32 people. Thirty-two people dead on a U.S. college campus pursuing their American Dream, mowed-down over an extended period of time by a lone, non-American gunman in illegal possession of a firearm on campus in defiance of a zero-tolerance gun law. Feel better yet? Didn't think so. Who doesn't get this? Who has the audacity to demand unarmed helplessness? Who likes dead good guys? I'll tell you who. People who tramp on the Second Amendment, that's who. People who refuse to accept the self-evident truth that free people have the God-given right to keep and bear arms, to defend themselves and their loved ones. People who are so desperate in their drive to control others, so mindless in their denial that they pretend access to gas causes arson, Ryder trucks and fertilizer cause terrorism, water causes drowning, forks and spoons cause obesity, dialing 911 will somehow save your life, and that their greedy clamoring to "feel good" is more important than admitting that armed citizens are much better equipped to stop evil than unarmed, helpless ones. Pray for the families of victims everywhere, America. Study the methodology of evil. It has a profile, a system, a preferred environment where victims cannot fight back. Embrace the facts, demand upgrade and be certain that your children's school has a better plan than Virginia Tech or Columbine. Eliminate the insanity of gun-free zones, which will never, ever be gun-free zones. They will only be good guy gun-free zones, and that is a recipe for disaster written in blood on the altar of denial. I, for one, refuse to genuflect there.

I've told someone that's what my gun was once when they noticed me printing. I got a in return and told them to keep their hands off my crap, pun intended.

I think it would boil down to lots of practice and building up muscle memory. You'll have an extra obstacle to overcome in the drawing process, and would need to train yourself to pull up the shirt hem with your off-hand and then draw with your strong hand.

IWB = Inside the Waist Band Tuckable = Designed so you can tuck your shirt into your waistband, over the holster and gun.

I've asked myself that same question. I wonder if it's on the FFL transfer form.

Welcome. I had a Glock 23. One of the few handguns that I truly miss owning. Since they still make them, I could always end up with another at some point.