What happend to innocent until PROVEN Guilty
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:04 pmIf this bill does not convince you to call your legislature to stop this from becoming law, I don't know what will.
Bill Summary for HB1614 / *SB1010
Present law allows any resident of Tennessee who has reached 21 years of age to apply to the department of safety for a handgun carry permit. The department may deny a permit application for a variety of reasons including a determination from information contained in the criminal history record checks conducted by the TBI and FBI or from other information that comes to the attention of the department that the applicant does not meet the eligibility requirements for a handgun carry permit. This bill would also require the department to deny a permit application where the background check reveals information indicating that the applicant has been charged with a crime for which, if convicted, such applicant would be prohibited from being eligible for a permit and there has either been no final disposition of the case or the final disposition is not noted. Under this bill, if a permit is denied under the present law provision described above, the department could issue the permit if it receives written notice signed and verified by the clerk of the court that no final disposition information is available. Upon receipt of the letter by the department, the department would immediately reverse the denial of the permit. NOTE: Subdivision (3) of Section 1 of this bill cross-references subdivision (1), but it appears that this cross-reference should instead be to subdivision (2).
Bill Summary for HB1614 / *SB1010
Present law allows any resident of Tennessee who has reached 21 years of age to apply to the department of safety for a handgun carry permit. The department may deny a permit application for a variety of reasons including a determination from information contained in the criminal history record checks conducted by the TBI and FBI or from other information that comes to the attention of the department that the applicant does not meet the eligibility requirements for a handgun carry permit. This bill would also require the department to deny a permit application where the background check reveals information indicating that the applicant has been charged with a crime for which, if convicted, such applicant would be prohibited from being eligible for a permit and there has either been no final disposition of the case or the final disposition is not noted. Under this bill, if a permit is denied under the present law provision described above, the department could issue the permit if it receives written notice signed and verified by the clerk of the court that no final disposition information is available. Upon receipt of the letter by the department, the department would immediately reverse the denial of the permit. NOTE: Subdivision (3) of Section 1 of this bill cross-references subdivision (1), but it appears that this cross-reference should instead be to subdivision (2).
