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Tennessee Conservative News Staff –
As the Tennessee General Assembly reconvenes in Nashville, new legislation has been introduced that would create a sales tax holiday for the purchase of firearms while another seeks to expand fee waivers for lifetime enhanced handgun carry permits.
House Bill 1505 (HB1505) would suspend state sales tax on the purchase of firearms and ammunition from July 3 to July 6, 2026. That bill is sponsored by House Majority Leader William Lamberth (R-Portland-D44).
House Bill 1508 (HB1508), sponsored by State Representative Todd Warner (R-Chapel Hill-D92), would “extend the fee waiver for a lifetime enhanced handgun carry permit to include a retired law enforcement officer who served for less than 10 years prior to retirement, was POST-certified, or had equivalent training, on the date the officer retired, and retired from service due to an injury received in the line of duty as a law enforcement officer.”
The companion bill (SB1628) to HB1508 is being carried in the Senate by Senator Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald-D28).
In an interview with NewsChannel 5, Lamberth said there are plans in the works to advance the Second Amendment in a number of ways.
“You’re going to see a lot of bills this year that deal with expanding the Second Amendment,” he stated.
