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Domestic Violence Council Asks Judges to Amend Firearms Form

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 12, 2026
News Type: Legal News

A years-long fight over a reform to protect domestic violence victims in Tennessee has come to an inconclusive end, WPLN reports. Advocates have been asking the Domestic Violence State Coordinating Council to alter the state’s firearms dispossession affidavit form, which is required in cases where an abuser is ordered by the court to give up their guns. The form currently does not require the name or address of the person receiving the guns, an omission that advocates say puts victims in danger. At its most recent meeting in March, the council debated whether it has the power in statute to change the form. In the end, it voted to write a letter to judges across the state recommending they amend their forms to require the name of the recipient. Investigative reporting by the station found that some counties already had begun amending their forms.

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