HB0140 - Tennessee: Firearms And Ammunition

Companion Bill SB0185. Firearms and Ammunition - Increases penalties for unlawful possession of firearm, possessing firearm during commission of felony, and employing firearm during commission of felony; makes such sentences nonprobateable and served consecutively; creates offense of shooting firearm from vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Fiscal Summary for *HB0140 / SB0185 Increase State Expenditures - Net Impact - $41,611,300/ Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB0140 / SB0185 Present law prohibits the unlawful carrying or possession of a weapon. Carrying a firearm, a knife with a blade of more than four inches, or a club with the intent to go armed is punishable as either a Class C or Class A misdemeanor. Possessing a handgun after having been convicted of a felony of violence or a felony drug offense is punishable as a Class [...]

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