Ogletree Deakins: Tennessee Legal Opinion Creates Confusion Over "Guns in Trunks" Law | Practical Law

Ogletree Deakins: Tennessee Legal Opinion Creates Confusion Over "Guns in Trunks" Law | Practical Law

This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses the January 13, 2014 opinion by the Office of Legal Services of the General Assembly of Tennessee that an employer is prohibited from discharging an employee who is a valid permit holder and maintains a firearm in her trunk on employer property pursuant to Tennessee's "Guns-in-trunks" law. This decision conflicts with the Office of Attorney General's May 28, 2013 opinion which stated that employers who comply with the statute's notice posting rule could prohibit such activities on employer property.

Ogletree Deakins: Tennessee Legal Opinion Creates Confusion Over "Guns in Trunks" Law

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Published on 22 Jan 2014Tennessee, United States
This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses the January 13, 2014 opinion by the Office of Legal Services of the General Assembly of Tennessee that an employer is prohibited from discharging an employee who is a valid permit holder and maintains a firearm in her trunk on employer property pursuant to Tennessee's "Guns-in-trunks" law. This decision conflicts with the Office of Attorney General's May 28, 2013 opinion which stated that employers who comply with the statute's notice posting rule could prohibit such activities on employer property.