Church School Carry Law

[Defender]

I understand that you can’t carry in a school, including a church school.  What about evenings when school is not in session at a church school?

[Thearmededucator]

Private schools have the ability to set their own regulations, so you will need to check with them, but for public schools anything used by a school is considered school grounds, even when out of session

[pop pop]

Best policy, don't go armed at any school function no matter where it is. Some "just churches" allow concealed carry but they can ban it. Look for signage. If school is in church building, no carry when school function or studies are happening. 

Edited October 4 by pop pop

[Thearmededucator]

1 hour ago, pop pop said:

Best policy, don't go armed at any school function no matter where it is. Some "just churches" allow concealed carry but they can ban it. Look for signage. If school is in church building, no carry when school function or studies are happening. 

While that is an SOP that will achieve compliance, it is not necessarily true for private schools. 

Attached is the text of the applicable law, 49-50-803. Handgun carry policy: 

https://advance.lexis.com/documentpage/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=2d4c34b8-4bba-4f30-bd0c-508cf1f25ce2&nodeid=ABXAAUAAIAAD&nodepath=%2fROOT%2fABX%2fABXAAU%2fABXAAUAAI%2fABXAAUAAIAAD&level=4&haschildren=&populated=false&title=49-50-803.+Handgun+carry+policy.&config=025054JABlOTJjNmIyNi0wYjI0LTRjZGEtYWE5ZC0zNGFhOWNhMjFlNDgKAFBvZENhdGFsb2cDFQ14bX2GfyBTaI9WcPX5&pddocfullpath=%2fshared%2fdocument%2fstatutes-legislation%2furn%3acontentItem%3a5JVC-WVD0-R03J-X3T5-00008-00&ecomp=8gf5kkk&prid=a427be1d-ebc3-4c9a-b9f2-d95a4cd01017

[peejman]

It's important to know if the church school is really a school. My former church hosts a preschool that is called a school, advertised as a school, but is not a school as defined by the law. 

[Defender]

I sure wish Tennessee would fix our gun laws. For a state that proclaims to be constitutional and gun friendly, we are not really.  

[peejman]

22 minutes ago, Defender said:

I sure wish Tennessee would fix our gun laws. For a state that proclaims to be constitutional and gun friendly, we are not really.  

Just like the hunting and fishing regulations. They're so complicated it takes lawyers to sort them out. If it was simple, what would the lawyers do?