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TN: Tennessee Will Now Let Felons Possess Guns, but Only if the Guns Are More Than 120 Years Old
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Mark A. Taff
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Convicted felons can now possess guns in the Volunteer State.
The catch? The guns have to be so old they don't technically count as firearms under state law. That also means they'd probably be pretty useless in terms of self-defense.
Earlier this year, the state legislature unanimously passed legislation that amended Tennessee's definition as to what constitutes a firearm in order to make the state's definition the same as the federal government's. Notably, the federal government doesn't consider "antique weapons"—by which the government means guns manufactured prior to 1899—to be firearms. That means, by extension, Tennessee now doesn't either. |
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MarkHamTownsend
(10/17/2019)
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Well, included guns would be the Colt Peacemaker, the iconic "six-shooter" of cowboy history fame.
These guns are not exactly ideal in today's world, but would still kill a deadly attacker just as dead as they would have in 1879.
200 grains of lead is very persuasive. |
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