Source: https://www.nationalguntrusts.com/blogs/nfa-gun-trust-atf-information-database-blog/tennessee-state-nfa-rules-and-allowable-nfa-items
Timestamp: 2019-03-25 10:23:03
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 5', '§ 1', '§ 1']

Tennessee state NFA Rules and Allowable NFA Items – National Gun Trusts
Tennessee state NFA Rules and Allowable NFA Items
Tennessee law regarding all NFA firearms, except for Any Other Weapons (AOW), is fairly straight forward: Individuals have “defense to prosecution” on possession of machine guns short barreled rifles, short barreled shotguns, or suppressors, as long as these NFA items are properly registered with the federal government. The AOW category of NFA firearms is not specifically listed as either prohibited or exempt in Tennessee Code. In addition, you can hunt with a suppressor in Tennessee.
(7) Knuckles; or
(b) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the person's conduct:
(6) Was licensed by the state of Tennessee as a manufacturer, importer or dealer in weapons; provided, that the manufacture, import, purchase, possession, sale or disposition of weapons is authorized and incident to carrying on the business for which licensed and is for scientific or research purposes or sale or disposition to an organization designated in subdivision (b)(1); or
(7) Involved acquisition or possession of a sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle, machine gun or firearm silencer that is validly registered to the person under federal law in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Records. A person who acquires or possesses a firearm registered as required by this subdivision (b)(7) shall retain proof of registration.
(8) [Deleted by 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014]
(c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the person must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that:
(1) The person's conduct was relative to dealing with the weapon solely as a curio, ornament or keepsake, and if the weapon is a type described in subdivisions (a)(1)-(5), that it was in a nonfunctioning condition and could not readily be made operable; or
(2) The possession was brief and occurred as a consequence of having found the weapon or taken it from an aggressor.
(d) (1) An offense under subdivision (a)(1) is a Class B felony.
(2) An offense under subdivisions (a)(2)-(5) is a Class E felony.
(3) An offense under subdivision (a)(6) is a Class C felony.
(4) An offense under subdivisions (a)(7)-(8) is a Class A misdemeanor.
HISTORY: Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1990, ch. 1029, §§ 2, 11; 2001, ch. 375, §§ 3, 4; 2002, ch. 849, § 5; 2006, ch. 798, § 1; 2014, ch. 647, §§ 1, 2.
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