Twenty Democratic senators want DOJ to go back to enforcing the federal ban on dealer handgun sales to adults aged 18 to 20, even though DOJ’s own lawyers call it unconstitutional. Plus a federal switchblade ruling and the Supreme Court’s latest.

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20 senators want the under 21 handgun ban back.

The General Assembly is adjourned until
2027, so the action this week was federal. Here’s what happened and
why it matters to Tennessee gun owners.

Nothing new in Nashville

There was no state action this week.
The federal suppressor relief still rests on ATF’s enforcement policy
rather than a court order covering Tennessee, which is why locking it
into state law in 2027 matters.

From the federal courts and Congress

On October 21, a unanimous panel of the
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the federal switchblade ban on
interstate sales unconstitutional, holding that knives are “Arms”
under the Second Amendment. You
can read the opinion here.

Meanwhile, 20 Democratic senators
signed an October 16 letter pressing Attorney General Todd Blanche to
go back to enforcing the federal ban on dealer handgun sales to adults
aged 18 to 20, even though DOJ’s own lawyers have concluded that ban
is unconstitutional. They asked for answers by November 16.
That’s why this can’t rest on who runs DOJ. Congress should
repeal the ban outright.

On October 19 the Supreme Court turned
away the challenge to Maine’s 72 hour waiting period. Turning a case
down is not a ruling on the law itself. The AR 15 ban cases are still
set for argument on December 2.

Tennessee Gun Owners will keep watching
the federal courts and DOJ, and you’ll hear from us when anything
changes.

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the latest on our news page

For Freedom,
Chris
Dorr
Executive Director
Tennessee Gun Owners