Lawmakers Push to End Permitless Carry in Shelby County
Rafael Figueroa
November 28, 2022
5 minutes read
By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) — There is a renewed push to end permitless handgun carry in Shelby County.
A lawmaker from Memphis has a plan to remove the county from the current permitless carry state law that went into effect on July 1, 2021.
Tennessee’s permitless carry law allows the majority of citizens to carry a loaded gun out in the open or concealed without having to get a permit.
Police, mayors and politicians in the Bluff City are in agreement it’s a bad law for Memphis.
Senator London Lamar, a democrat representing District 33 in Memphis, is getting ready to make a big ask of her fellow state lawmakers.
On Tuesday, Nov. 22, she filed Senate Bill 0010 which “requires a person to obtain an enhanced or concealed handgun permit to carry a handgun in certain counties,” and those counties are Davidson and Shelby.
“While I know it will be an uphill battle,” Senator Lamar told Action News 5, “right now, we are still dealing with crime in our city. We need to make sure we are holding folks accountable who shouldn’t have guns, and people who can have guns can get them through the appropriate permitting process.”
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