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Originally Posted by TeaDub
Every time I read threads like this one, it seems as if I'm reading about a foreign country. How can the laws in regards to the 2nd Amendment and simple self defense be so radically different?
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Things change and sometimes we forget....
Below is how things worked in Tennessee just 25 years ago. Today, our boys in Nashville can't stop dreaming up new pro-gun laws.
So ya know... there's an ebb and flow to all this stuff... Maybe one day New Jersey will have more gun freedoms than Tennessee does today... ya never know.
Prior to 1989, Tennessee was a limited “open carry” state. Tennessee’s open carry law was limited to “army or navy” pistols but only if such pistols were carried openly in the hand. The statute did not allow citizens to holster the weapons or to carry these types of pistols concealed. A person would have to become a special deputy or receive a special police commission in order carry a handgun that did not fit the “army or navy” designation. These commissions were also necessary if the individual wanted to carry the weapon concealed or holstered.
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