Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1303 (2024)
Unlawful sale, loan or gift of firearm
✓ Justia copy: laws through about 2024 (2025 and 2026 sessions missing)
- (a) A person commits an offense who:
- (1) Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly sells, loans or makes a gift of a firearm to a minor;
- (2) Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly sells a firearm or ammunition for a firearm to a person who is intoxicated; or
- (3) Intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence violates § 39-17-1316.
- (b) It is a defense to prosecution under subdivision (a)(1) that:
- (1) A firearm was loaned or given to a minor for the purposes of hunting, trapping, fishing, camping, sport shooting or any other lawful sporting activity; and
- (2) The person is not required to obtain a license under § 39-17-1316.
- (c) For purposes of this section, "intoxicated" means substantial impairment of mental or physical capacity resulting from introduction of any substance into the body.
- (d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 647,s 3, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1990, ch. 1029, § 3.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2021–2024 · leading case: Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis, 121 F.4th 96 (10th Cir. 2024).
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis, 121 F.4th 96 (10th Cir. 2024). “§ 16-23-30 (A)(3)); Tennessee ( Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-17-1303 (a)(1), 39-17-1320(a)); Texas ( Tex.”
State of Tennessee v. Shannon Bruce Foster, No. E2020-00304-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. July 22, 2021). “See T.C.A. §§ 39-17-1303 (2018), -1306 (2018), -1307 (2018), -1309 (2018), -1311 (2018), -1321 (2018), -1324 (2018).”
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