Some property owners and businesses in Tennessee have posted their properties
prohibiting the exercise of the carry permit. If you carry your handgun (even with your
carry permit) onto posted property you may be committing a crime which could cause you to
be criminally fined, which could result in the loss of your handgun by forfeiture, and
which could possibly even cause you to lose your handgun carry permit.
You should be aware of where you can and cannot carry your handgun with your permit.
Some businesses that once posted their property have changed their policy because of
public pressure and loss of business. It is your responsibility to know the locations that
are posting. It is also your decision whether or not to continue doing business with them.
If you know of such a business, use the TFA Banning Business Letter Generator
to write them a letter expressing your opposition to their policy.
The Tennessee Firearms Association is providing the following list of reported business
and locations that are posting their properties to assist you identify these business so
that you may avoid potential criminal consequences:
- Tennessee General Assembly and Capitol
- AAA Auto Club South
- AutoZone distribution centers
- Berry's Pawn (Murfreesboro Road, Nashville)
- Baptist Memorial Hospital (Memphis)
- Big Lots store in Lafollette 37766
- Blockbuster Video Stores - correspondence
with Blockbuster
- Blount Memorial Hospital
- Brad Ragan Commercial Tire Center (Nashville)
- Bradley Square Mall (Cleveland)
- Bristol Regional Medical Center (Bristol)
- Chattanooga Convention and Trade Center
- Children's Hospital (Knoxville)
- Chip n' Dale Antique Mall (Memphis)
- Chops (Knoxville)
- Church's Chicken (N. Thomas and Whitney Road in Memphis)
- Coca-Cola plant, Lavergne
- Columbia Stones River Hospital (Woodbury)
- Cool Springs Mall (Franklin)
- CSX Transportation property (may include right of ways)
- Cumberland Medical Center (Crossville)
- Decatur County General Hospital (Parsons)
- Dell Computers
- Diversified Refrigeration, Inc.
- Doctor's ValueVision (Hickory Hollow Mall)
- Doctor's ValueVision (Johnson City at Brown's Mill Road)
- Donely J. Hill building, 170 N. Main St. in Memphis
- Dyersburg Mall
- E. I. DuPont (Old Hickory)
- Emerson Tool Company (formerly Emerson Electric) - notice to employees at Paris, TN plant
- Empire Pawn (Memphis)
- Federal Express
- Ferguson's Plumbing Supply
- First Union Bank
- Foothills Mall (Maryville)
- Fort Sanders Health Systems
- Fort Sanders Hospital (Knoxville)
- Fort Sanders West Health and Fitness Club
- Gallatin City Hall
- Gallatin Civic Center
- Gallatin Fossil Plant
- Gallatin Police Department
- Gateway Medical Center (Clarksville)
- General Hospital (Nashville)
- Georgia Pacific Corporation (Cleveland)
- Governor's Square Mall (Clarksville)
- Grab Bag (Frayser)
- Hamilton Place Mall (Chattanooga)
- Hardee's
- Hastings Book Store (Murfreesboro)
- Heafner Tire and Products (Nashville)
- Healthsouth Rehab Hospital (Kingsport)
- Henry County Medical Center (Paris)
- Hickory Hollow Mall (Nashville)
- Hilton Hotels Corporate (Memphis)
- Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center (Kingsport)
- Home Depot (Murfreesboro)
- Horizon Medical Center / Jackson Clinic (Dickson)
- Indian Path Medical Center
- Jackson Madison County General Hospital
- James H. & Cecile C. Quillen Rehabilitation Hospital, Johnson City
- James K. Polk (State Office Building - Nashville)
- John Deere plant, Loudon County
- Johnson City Mall
- Johnson City Medical Center
- Johnson County Hospital
- Josten Printing (Clarksville)
- Knoxville City County Building
- La Follette Medical Center
- Lakeway Regional Hospital (Morristown)
- Laughlin Memorial Hospital (Greeneville)
- LaVergne, Tennessee (city hall & parks)
- Legislative Plaza (Nashville)
- McDonalds Hamburgers (Johnson City)
- Media Play (100 Oaks)
- Methodist Medical Center (Oak Ridge)
- Memorial Hospital - Due West Avenue, Madison (a Columbia/HCA facility)
- Memphis Light, Gas & Water Training Center, 4949 Raleigh LaGrange Rd.
Memphis, TN 38128
- Memphis Area Teachers Credit Union
- Methodist Hospital (Jackson)
- Mid South Communications Center (U. S. Cellular in Knoxville, TN)
- Millington, TN City Hall
- Minit Mart/BP (HW231S in Lebanon )
- Murfreesboro Hospital
- NASCAR Speedpark (Pigeon Forge)
- Nashville Arena
- Nashville Gas Office (Nashville on Mainstream Drive)
- Nashville Metro General Hospital
- Nashville Public Library
- Nashville Wire Products (Dover)
- NationsBank
- Nissan
- North Side Hospital
- Northcrest Hospital (Springfield)
- Northgate Mall (Hixon)
- Olan Mills (prohibits employees)
- Old Hickory Credit Union
- Old Hickory Mall (Jackson)
- One Hundred Oaks Mall (Nashville)
- Opry Mills (Nashville)
- Opryland USA (Nashville)
- Paytons (Cleveland)
- Perkins Restaurant (Jackson)
- Pot O' Gold Pawn (Paris)
- Quincy's Steakhouse (Nashville)
- Radio Systems Corporation (Knoxville)
- Red Lobster (Hamilton Place Mall)
- Red Lobster (Cookeville, TN)
- Ripley's Aquarium (Gatlinburg)
- Rivergate Mall (Nashville)
- Ruby Tuesdays (alcohol sales)
- Saint Thomas Hospital (Nashville)
- Shady Brook Mall (Columbia)
- Shooter's Mark (930 West Watauga Avenue, Johnson City)
- Southern Hills Hospital (Nashville)
- St. Mary's Hospital (Knoxville)
- State Farm Insurance (Company stores)
- State Farm Claims Center (Cookeville)
- Summit Hospital (Nashville)
- Smyrna, Tennessee - City Hall
- Sycamore Shoals Hospital
- Sweetwater Flea Market ("No Firearms on Premises")
- Takoma Adventist Hospital (Greenville)
- Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (Nashville)
- Tennessee Christian Medical Center (Nashville)
- Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC - Nashville)
- Tennessee State Offices, Henley Street, Knoxville
- Texaco (Hendersonville on Main Street)
- Tinseltown USA (Oak Ridge)
- Tru-Green/Chem-Lawn
- Trustmark National Bank, Collierville, TN
- TRW - Koyo Stearing Systems, Inc. (Vonore)
- Tuesday Mornings
- Union Planters Bank
- United Cities Propane Gas (Johnson City)
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- U. S. Dept. Energy (Oak Ridge)
- Valvoline (Rivergate Mall)
- Wackenhut Security (Nashville)
- Waffle House
- Wal Mart (see attached email from Wal Mart)
- Weyerhaeuser Containerboard Packaging Plant (Cleveland)
THIS LIST IS BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE - HOWEVER, ALWAYS CHECK WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER
IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS.
Those locations identified above prohibit all possession of firearms. Please note
that there are some businesses that are required by law to post that firearms are
prohibited by law on the property. There are some other businesses which
are requesting that there be "no loaded weapons" on their property. It is
unclear under current law whether a notice of "no loaded weapons" would be
classified as a "posted property" for purposes of current state law.
Clearly, many of these business owners, including gun ranges, welcome gun owners with
firearms onto their property but for insurance or related safety concerns, i.e., increased
frequency of invitees handling weapons, they must request that these personal firearms
remain unloaded while on premises. For example, most firing ranges prohibit
possession of loaded weapons unless the individual is on the firing line.
The following properties were once on the posted properties list but it has been
reported to TFA that they REMOVED the notices:
- Harding Mall (Nashville)
- Down Range, Inc.
- Home Depot (see letter December 5, 2003, from Home Depo) asserting that it does not prohibit those legally carrying but that it has a "long standing" policy which prohibits employees from carrying weapons in the stores
- Lowe's Hardware Stores
- TDOT Interstate Rest Stops (see letter December 9, 2003, from TDOT claiming it was a mistake)
- Wolfchase Galleria (Note: "mall rules" prohibit weapons but exempts
"licensed hand gun carriers." However, we have had reports that the mall
security is "carding" people and issuing criminal trespass notices).
Contact the Tennessee Firearms
Association to report other locations which are being posted.
If your business or property has been identified as a posted property erroneously or if
your policy has changed, please contact the Tennessee Firearms Association in writing and
on company letterhead to request this correction or change. Correspondence should be sent
to the Tennessee Firearms Association, Attn: Posted Property Listings, 501 Union Street,
Suite 504, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. |
