Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that requires safety storage training be added to future firearm training courses and repeals the state sales taxes on firearm safes and safety devices.

Highlights:

• Requires the Department of Safety display on their website instructions on requesting free firearm locks (Sec. 1).

• Requires the department collaborate with the Tennessee burear of investigation and other state agencies to create an appropriate public safety campaign dedicated to safe firearm storage (Sec. 1).

• Exempts retail sales tax on firearm safes and firearm safety devices in the state of Tennessee (Sec. 5).

• Defiens “firearm safe” as a locking container or other enclosure excluding glass-faced containers, equpped with a padlock, key lock, combination lock, or other locking device that is designed and intended for the secure storage of one or more firearms (Sec. 5).

• Defines “firearm safety device” as a device installed on a firearm to prevent it from being operated without first deactivating the device, or a device equipped or installed on a firearm to prevent it from operation of it by anyone without authorized access (Sec. 5).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect November 1, 2023 (Sec. 6).

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