TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 16, 2025

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti recently announced that Tennessee has joined a coalition of 25 states in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging it to strike down a Massachusetts firearm licensing requirements for nonresidents. “No American should ever face criminal charges for simply exercising their constitutional rights while traveling,” the group argues. The brief supports a challenge to a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that upheld the state’s license-to-carry regime, even when applied to law-abiding out-of-state travelers. Read more in a press release from the AG’s office.