NASHVILLE — Attorney General Bob Cooper says landlords can ban their tenants from bringing firearms into their property even if they have handgun carry permits.
Cooper said in an opinion released Wednesday that landlords can either include a firearms ban in the lease or through signs posted on the property.
But Cooper ads that violators couldn't face criminal charges if the landlord doesn't post signs.
The opinion was requested by Republican Rep. Tony Shipley of Kingsport. Legal opinions issued by the attorney general indicate his office's interpretation of the law, but unlike court opinions, they aren't binding.
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I guess landlords will be able to decide what religion are allowed to believe in next.
THANK GOODNESS, THE COURTS HAVE FINALLY GIVEN THE LANDLORDS SOME RIGHTS , ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!
I am not going to tell my landlord I have a gun so that when some scumbag wants to break into my place I WILL defend myself. Maybe the AG would like to come and protect me.
This isn't a court decision. It is just one guy's OPINION.
Every day we are coming closer to taking back our rights.
Arming oneself is no longer a act of paranoia -- if it ever was. It is simple common sense.
Take advantage of current internet sales of ammo and ammo-making supplies... Prepare concealed spaces.
"When seconds count, the police are only minutes away..."
"The fool who gives up his [or her] freedom for security will soon have neither." [Loosely paraphrased.]
"...Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.... But when a long train of abuses and usurpations...evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security..." The Declaration of Independence
May God help us in the upcoming struggle...at least we know He is on our side since the government no longer believes in Him. [THAT is the only unforgivable sin.]
When I was a landlord, whether a tenant kept guns in their apartments was the least of my worries. In fact, amongst all the real problems there were, that particular worry never occurred to me. I wonder what caused the AG to issue this? Doesn't he have more pressing issues to deal with than this red herring?
IT IS OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS! IF YOU OWN OR CARRY A GUN, DON'T TELL ANYONE UNTIL YOU NEED TO USE IT. SIGNS AND RULES JUST HURTS THE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS, THE CRIMINALS DON'T GO BY SIGNS OR RULES, THEY CARRY ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO. THE CRIMINALS LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE PUTS UP SIGNS THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T CARRY A GUN, IT JUST MAKES THEIR JOB EASER! HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PROTECT YOURSELF OR YOUR FAMILY IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GUN? LOCK YOUR DOORS, LOAD YOUR FIREARM AND IF SOMEONE BREAKS IN YOUR HOME.....BLOW THEM AWAY!!! JOIN THE NRA OR GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, THEY ARE FIGHTING EVERYDAY FOR OUR RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS. WE NEED TO STAND UNITED A FIGHT THESE ANTI-GUN PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO TAKE OUR FIREARMS OR THE RIGHT TO OWN THEM. THEY WILL GET MY GUNS WHEN THEY PRY MY COLD DEAD HANDS FROM THEM. OUR FORE-FATHERS FOUGHT AND DIED FOR OUR RIGHTS AND SO WILL I !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!