Proposed bill would allow permitless carry

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Lee proposed a new Constitutional Carry Law on Thursday.

A news release from the state of Tennessee says that the proposed legislation would allow those that are 21 years or older to carry a handgun with or without a permit.

The release says the law would also add increased penalties for firearm-related crimes such as: 

• Increasing the penalty for theft of a firearm to a felony.
• Providing a sentencing enhancement for theft of a firearm in a car.
• Increasing the minimum sentence for theft of a firearm from 30 days to 180 days.
• Increasing the sentences for unlawful possession of a firearm by violent felons and felony drug offenders, possession of a handgun by a felon, and unlawfully providing a handgun to a juvenile or allowing a juvenile to possess a handgun.

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