I think that most do not realize a majority of States (29) allow carry without a permit. Kentucky, Alabama, Michigan, Louisiana, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Missouri, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nevada, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Maine, Vermont, California, and Alaska all allow open carry w/o a permit.
By Hannah Sayle, Chris Herrington, Chris Shaw, Louis Goggans, Greg Akers and Bruce VanWyngarden
Re: “Haslam Says He'd Do Away With Gun Permits”
Felons and the mentally ill are prohibited from purchasing and possessing handguns or firearms on a federal level. No law Tennessee makes would supercede that.