Vol. 41, No. 16
10/01/2025
2A for Today | Tennessee Court Strikes Down Tyranny
At long last, a Tennessee court has torn two shackles off the people of that state — two laws that had long mocked the text and spirit of the Second Amendment. In a landmark decision, a three-judge panel has ruled that Tennesseans may carry their arms in public parks, and that law enforcement may no longer treat the very act of exercising a God-given right as if it were a crime. This is not just a victory for Tennessee. It is a victory for liberty everywhere.
For years, Tennessee law branded the mere intent to go armed as a criminal act. Think about that: The state presumed that if you carried a firearm, you were guilty of a crime until proven otherwise. Such an upside-down perversion of law turned the Second Amendment on its head, criminalizing precisely what it was written to protect: the right of all people to bear arms for their own defense.
But the court rightly declared that this “Going Armed Statute” was in direct conflict with the Constitution. To criminalize the intent to carry arms is to criminalize the right itself, and no government in a free republic has authority to do such a thing.
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