TN Opinion No. 22-02 February 1, 2022

Can Tennessee teachers, students, and visitors keep a handgun locked in their car while parked at a Tennessee school?

Short answer: Yes, under Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313, if you can lawfully carry the handgun in Tennessee (with or without a permit) and you keep it concealed and locked in the vehicle, you can store it in a school parking area, and the school cannot punish you for it. The federal Gun-Free School Zones Act adds a wrinkle for permitless carriers at K-12 schools, where extra precautions like an unloaded firearm in a locked container may be needed.
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Subject

Storing and Transporting Firearms in Vehicles on School Property

Plain-English summary

Tennessee's general rule is that firearms are off-limits on school property under § 39-17-1309. But § 39-17-1313 carves out a vehicle-storage exception. The AG confirmed that this exception lets a person who can legally carry a handgun in Tennessee, whether under an enhanced permit (§ 39-17-1351), a concealed permit (§ 39-17-1366), or permitless carry (§ 39-17-1307(g)), store that handgun in their motor vehicle while in a school parking area, as long as the gun is kept out of plain view and is locked away when the person isn't in the car.

The protection extends to employees, students, residents on school property, and visitors, because the parking-area definition reaches "invitees, customers, clients or employees" of the property holder. The "notwithstanding any law" language in § 39-17-1313 means the exception overrides § 39-17-1309's general school-property prohibition.

The federal Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) layers on top, but only for K-12 (elementary and secondary) schools. Tennessee permit holders are excepted from the GFSZA because Tennessee verifies their qualifications through fingerprint background checks. A person carrying without a Tennessee permit under § 39-17-1307(g) is not automatically excepted from the GFSZA on K-12 grounds. They risk federal prosecution unless one of the GFSZA's other exceptions applies, the most useful for vehicle storage being that the firearm is unloaded and stored in a locked container or locked firearms rack on the vehicle. Postsecondary institutions (colleges and universities) are not covered by the GFSZA, so the federal layer does not apply there.

The AG also confirmed that schools cannot punish a person for lawfully storing a handgun in their vehicle in a school parking area. Three separate statutes back this up: § 49-7-163 (public postsecondary institutions cannot take adverse action against employees or students), § 50-1-312 (private employers cannot fire or retaliate, though this excludes public employers), and § 39-17-1314(g) (cause of action against local-government regulation that nullifies § 39-17-1313).

What this means for you

If you are a Tennessee teacher, professor, or school employee

You can store your handgun in your car in your school's parking lot, even though you cannot bring it inside the building. Keep it locked and out of sight, and ensure your vehicle is parked legally. If you work at a private K-12 school and are carrying without a permit under § 39-17-1307(g), get a Tennessee permit (enhanced or concealed) to clear the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act issue, or store the firearm unloaded in a locked container on the vehicle. If your district fires or disciplines you for the lawful storage, you have a statutory anti-retaliation claim. For private-sector employees, that's § 50-1-312; for public postsecondary employees, § 49-7-163. Public K-12 employees do not have the same statutory remedy, but § 39-17-1314(g) gives a cause of action against local-government regulations that interfere with § 39-17-1313 storage rights.

If you are a Tennessee college student or live in a dorm

The same rule applies. You can keep a handgun in your car in the campus parking lot, locked, concealed when you're not in the car. The university cannot expel you or kick you out of housing solely for that. Postsecondary schools are outside the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act, so the only layer is the state vehicle-storage rule.

If you are a Tennessee K-12 student or your family parks on K-12 grounds

For state law purposes, § 39-17-1313 lets you store a lawfully possessed handgun in your vehicle in the school parking area. But because K-12 schools are within the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act, a permitless carrier should follow the GFSZA precaution: unloaded handgun, locked container or firearms rack, vehicle parked legally. A Tennessee permit (enhanced or concealed) cleans this up, because permit holders are excepted from the GFSZA.

If you are a school administrator

You cannot prohibit lawful vehicle storage of firearms by students, employees, or visitors who meet § 39-17-1313's requirements, and disciplinary action on that ground will run into anti-retaliation statutes and the cause of action in § 39-17-1314(g). Your security policies can require legal parking, can prohibit firearms inside buildings, and can require visible storage to be hidden, but cannot reach into a properly parked vehicle to bar lawful storage.

If you are a private K-12 employer in Tennessee

§ 50-1-312 prohibits firing or disciplining an employee solely for storing a firearm in a vehicle in a parking area in compliance with § 39-17-1313. You may keep weapons-free policies for school buildings and grounds outside parked vehicles, but reaching into the parking lot to punish lawful storage exposes you to civil liability.

Common questions

Q: Can a high school teacher keep a handgun in their car at school?
A: Yes, under § 39-17-1313, as long as the handgun is concealed (out of plain view), and locked in the trunk, glove box, or interior of the vehicle when the teacher is not in the car. If the teacher carries without a permit under § 39-17-1307(g), the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act adds a wrinkle: the firearm should be unloaded and in a locked container or firearms rack to fit a GFSZA exception. A Tennessee enhanced or concealed permit eliminates that wrinkle.

Q: Can the school discipline me for storing a handgun in my car?
A: No, not solely for that. § 49-7-163 (public postsecondary), § 50-1-312 (private employers), and § 39-17-1314(g) provide statutory remedies if a school takes adverse action against a lawful vehicle storage. Internal employer policies cannot legally override these.

Q: Does the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act apply to colleges?
A: No. The GFSZA only covers schools "which provide elementary or secondary education." Colleges and universities are not within its definition.

Q: What about an employer-provided vehicle?
A: § 39-17-1313's "motor vehicle" definition excludes a vehicle owned or leased by a governmental or business entity that is provided to an employee for work use, if the entity has a written policy banning firearms in those vehicles. Employer-provided vehicles with such a policy are outside the storage protection.

Q: Does this apply to hunting rifles, not just handguns?
A: § 39-17-1313 covers "a firearm or firearm ammunition," not just handguns. The same rules apply to long guns and ammunition.

Q: Can a parent picking up their child store a handgun in the car in the school pickup line?
A: A parent is an "invitee" of the school, so they fit § 39-17-1313's parking-area scope. As long as the storage rules are met (concealed, locked when unattended), state law allows it. K-12 parents who carry without a permit need to satisfy the GFSZA precautions or hold a Tennessee permit.

Background and statutory framework

The general rule is § 39-17-1309, which makes it a criminal offense to possess or carry a firearm on school property. The text reaches "any public or private school building or bus, or any public or private school campus, grounds, recreation area, athletic field or any other property owned, operated, or while in use by any board of education, school, college or university board of trustees, regents or directors for the administration of any public or private educational institution."

The vehicle-storage exception came in 2013, when § 39-17-1313 was enacted to permit handgun carry permit holders to "transport and store" firearms in their vehicles in any "public or private parking area." Because § 39-17-1313 is prefaced by "notwithstanding any law," it overrides the general prohibition in § 39-17-1309 to the extent the two conflict. Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. 16-29 (July 27, 2016) reached this same conclusion. The 2014 amendments broadened the "notwithstanding" clause; the substantive override is unchanged.

In 2021, the General Assembly amended § 39-17-1313 to extend the storage protection to people carrying without a permit under § 39-17-1307(g). The current text in § 39-17-1313(a) lets "a person who has a valid enhanced handgun carry permit or concealed handgun carry permit or who lawfully carries a handgun pursuant to § 39-17-1307(g)" store a firearm in their vehicle "while on or utilizing any public or private parking area" if the vehicle is legally parked, the firearm is kept from ordinary observation when the person is in the vehicle, and is kept from ordinary observation and locked in the trunk, glove box, interior, or a securely affixed container when the person is not.

"Parking area" is defined as property a "business entity, public or private employer, or the owner, manager or legal possessor" provides for parking by "invitees, customers, clients or employees." This pulls in students, employees, residents on school property, and visitors. Single-family residential property (owner- or tenant-occupied) is excluded.

The federal Gun-Free School Zones Act, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q)(2)(A), prohibits firearm possession in a "school zone" (on school grounds or within 1,000 feet) of a school "which provides elementary or secondary education, as determined under State law." Postsecondary institutions are excluded. The GFSZA carves out persons "licensed to possess [the] firearm by the State in which the school zone is located" if the State has verified the licensee's qualifications, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q)(2)(B)(ii). Tennessee enhanced and concealed permits require fingerprint-based background checks, so they fit. A person carrying under § 39-17-1307(g) without any Tennessee permit does not have an automatic GFSZA exception, but can fit other exceptions: among them, the firearm is unloaded and in a locked container or locked firearms rack on the vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q)(2)(B)(iii).

Three statutes back up the storage protection by limiting adverse action against compliant carriers: § 49-7-163 for public postsecondary institutions, § 50-1-312 for private employers (which expressly excludes public employers because of the Northland sovereign-immunity rule), and § 39-17-1314(g) for local-government regulation that interferes with § 39-17-1313 rights.

Citations

Statutes:
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1309 (firearms on school property, general prohibition)
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 (vehicle storage in parking area)
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313(a) (storage conditions)
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313(c)(1) (motor vehicle definition; employer-provided exclusion)
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313(c)(2)(A) (parking area definition)
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1307(g) (permitless carry)
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1307(e) (vehicle-firearm exception)
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1351 (enhanced permit)
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1366 (concealed permit)
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1314(g) (cause of action against local-government interference)
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-7-163 (postsecondary anti-retaliation)
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-312 (private-employer anti-retaliation)
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-304 (whistleblower comparison)
- 18 U.S.C. § 922(q)(2)(A) (federal Gun-Free School Zones Act)
- 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(25), (26) (school-zone and covered-school definitions)

Cases:
- Northland Ins. Co. v. State, 33 S.W.3d 727, 729 (Tenn. 2000) (express waiver required for sovereign immunity)

Prior AG opinions:
- Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. 13-15 (Feb. 22, 2013), Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. 13-41 (May 28, 2013), Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. 16-29 (July 27, 2016), Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. 21-13 (Aug. 31, 2021)

Source

Original opinion text

STATE OF TENNESSEE
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
February 1, 2022
Opinion No. 22-02
Storing and Transporting Firearms in Vehicles on School Property

Question 1
May a person who may legally carry or transport a handgun in Tennessee lawfully store
that handgun in a vehicle in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 or other law, even if
the vehicle is parked on school property without potentially violating Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-
1309?

Opinion 1
Persons who meet the requirements of Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 may store or
transport a handgun in their vehicles "while on or utilizing any public or private parking area" of
a school without violating Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1309.

Question 2
If a person who may legally carry or transport a handgun under Tennessee law, either with
or without a permit, relies on Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 to store a handgun in a vehicle parked
on school property, can that person be prosecuted under the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act?

Opinion 2
Persons who carry a handgun pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1351, the enhanced
handgun carry permit statute, or Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1366, the concealed handgun carry
permit statute, are specifically excepted from application of the federal Gun-Free School Zones
Act. A person who carries a handgun without a permit pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-
1307(g) and stores a handgun in a vehicle on the grounds of a school covered by the federal Gun-
Free School Zones Act risks prosecution unless that person qualifies for an exception. Tennessee
Code Annotated § 39-17-1313 affords no protection when the transportation or storage of a firearm
is prohibited by federal law.

Question 3
If a person who may legally carry or transport a handgun without a permit under Tenn.
Code Ann. § 39-17-1307(g) or Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1307(e) carries or transports a handgun
on or near school property, can that person be prosecuted under the federal Gun-Free School Zones
Act?

Opinion 3
A person who carries or transports a handgun without a permit pursuant to Tenn. Code
Ann. § 39-17-1307(g) or Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1307(e) "on or near school property" of a
school covered by the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act risks prosecution unless an exception
of the Act allows the person to possess a firearm "on the grounds of" the school or "within a
distance of 1000 feet" from such grounds.

Question 4
May a student, a person who resides on school property, or an employee of a school rely
on Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 to lawfully store a handgun in a vehicle parked on school
property, assuming the person may legally carry or transport a handgun under Tennessee law,
either with or without a permit?

Opinion 4
Persons who meet the requirements of Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 may legally store or
transport a firearm in a vehicle "while on or utilizing any public or private parking area" of a
school. Persons covered by Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 include employees and students of a
school, as well as persons who reside on school property, because "parking area" is defined as
"any property provided by a business entity, public or private employer, or the owner, manager,
or legal possessor of the property for the purpose of permitting its invitees, customers, clients or
employees to park privately owned motor vehicles."

Question 5
If so, may a school take any adverse action against any such person including, but not
limited to, termination, expulsion, or cancellation of housing privileges?

Opinion 5
Statutory provisions, e.g., Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-7-163, Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-312, and
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1314(g), prohibit schools from taking adverse action against students,
persons who reside on school property, and employees of schools who have stored handguns in
vehicles in parking areas of schools in accordance with the requirements of Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-
17-1313. Depending on the facts and circumstances involved, other statutory or common law
remedies could also afford protection to a student, a person who resides on school property, or an
employee of a school who has stored a handgun in a vehicle in a parking area of school in
accordance with the requirements of § 39-17-1313.

ANALYSIS

  1. Under Tennessee law, one is generally prohibited from possessing or carrying a firearm on
    school property. Specifically, it is a criminal offense to possess or carry a firearm, whether openly
    or concealed, "in any public or private school building or bus, or any public or private school
    campus, grounds, recreation area, athletic field or any other property owned, operated, or while in
    use by any board of education, school, college or university board of trustees, regents or directors
    for the administration of any public or private educational institution." Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-
    17-1309(b)(1), (c)(1)(A). Historically, exceptions to this law have been primarily limited to
    persons such as private police and registered security guards. See id. § 39-17-1309(e).

As of 2013, there is an additional exception to the general prohibition against possessing
or carrying a firearm on school property: Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 allows persons holding
valid handgun carry permits to transport and store firearms in the permit holder's vehicle "while
on or utilizing any public or private parking area." See 2013 Tenn. Pub. Acts, ch. 16, § 1; Tenn.
Att'y Gen. Op. 13-15 (Feb. 22, 2013) (reasoning that the 2013 legislation did not modify or amend
the exceptions in § 39-17-1309 but merely added another exception); see also Tenn. Att'y Gen.
Op. 13-41 (May 28, 2013) (same).

As explained in Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. 16-29, the additional exception created by Tenn.
Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 "operates and is effective in spite of § 39-17-1309 and . . . take[s] priority
over § 39-17-1309 to the extent the two sections are in conflict" because Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-
17-1313 expressly provides that its provisions apply "notwithstanding" any law. See Tenn. Att'y
Gen. Op. 16-29 (July 27, 2016).

Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-17-1313 was amended in 2021 to also allow persons who
do not have handgun carry permits to transport and store firearms in their vehicles in public or
private parking areas. This amendment corresponded with the enactment of Tenn. Code Ann.
§ 39-17-1307(g), which allows a person to now carry a handgun, openly or concealed, without
a permit under specified conditions.

Currently, Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313(a) provides:
Notwithstanding any law . . . a person who has a valid enhanced handgun carry
permit or concealed handgun carry permit or who lawfully carries a handgun
pursuant to § 39-17-1307(g) may, unless expressly prohibited by federal law,
transport and store a firearm or firearm ammunition in the person's motor vehicle,
as defined in § 55-1-103, while on or utilizing any public or private parking area
if:
(1) The person's motor vehicle is parked in a location where the motor vehicle
is permitted to be; and
(2) The firearm or ammunition being transported or stored in the motor
vehicle:
(A) Is kept from ordinary observation if the person is in the motor vehicle;
or
(B) Is kept from ordinary observation and locked within the trunk, glove
box, or interior of the person's motor vehicle or a container securely
affixed to the motor vehicle if the person is not in the motor vehicle.

In sum, Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 now allows persons who have a valid enhanced
handgun carry permit or concealed handgun carry permit or who lawfully carry a handgun pursuant
to § 39-17-1307(g) to transport and store a firearm or firearm ammunition in their motor vehicle
in public and private parking areas under the conditions specified in the statute, unless expressly
prohibited by federal law. And because Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 applies "notwithstanding"
any law, it continues to "operate[] and is effective in spite of § 39-17-1309 and . . . take[s] priority
over § 39-17-1309." Accordingly, persons who meet the requirements of Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-
17-1313 may transport and store a handgun in their motor vehicle "while on or utilizing any public
or private parking area" of a school without violating Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1309.

  1. But persons who lawfully carry a handgun without a permit pursuant to § 39-17-1307(g)
    and otherwise satisfy the state law requirements of Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 nevertheless
    will be deprived of the protection afforded under the statute if they store a handgun in a parked
    vehicle on school property in contravention of the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990
    ("GFSZA"); Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 affords no protection when the storage or
    transportation of a firearm is "expressly prohibited by federal law."

The GFSZA generally prohibits firearms possession "at a place that the individual knows,
or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone." 18 U.S.C. § 922(q)(2)(A). It defines a
"school zone" as "on the grounds of" or "within a distance of 1,000 feet from the grounds of a
public, parochial or private school." Id. § 921(a)(25). But only those schools "which provide[]
elementary or secondary education, as determined under State law" are covered by the GFSZA.
Id. § 921(a)(26). Postsecondary institutions, for example, are excluded. See id.

Thus, possession of a firearm in a school zone covered by the GFSZA is unlawful unless
an exception applies. And the GFSZA excepts from its coverage a person who is licensed to
possess a firearm by the State in which the school zone is located, provided the State has verified
that the person is qualified under the law to receive a license. See id. § 922(q)(2)(B)(ii). A person
who holds a valid enhanced handgun carry permit pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1351 or
a concealed handgun carry permit pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1366 falls within this
exception because an applicant under either statute must submit to a fingerprint-based criminal
history check to determine whether the applicant is disqualified from possessing a firearm. See
Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-17-1351(h), -1366(c). Accordingly, persons who hold a valid enhanced
handgun carry permit or a concealed handgun carry permit under Tennessee law may, without
federal criminal repercussion, store a handgun in their vehicle while parked on the property of
schools covered by the GFSZA.

The GFSZA also has exceptions that may apply to persons carrying a handgun without a
permit pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1307(g) and that would allow them to store a handgun
in a vehicle on the property of a school covered by the GFSZA. Persons carrying a handgun
without a permit are excepted if any of the following conditions applies:

(1) the possession of the firearm is on private property not part of school grounds;
(2) the firearm is unloaded and stored in a locked container or locked firearms rack on a
motor vehicle;
(3) the individual possesses the firearm for use in a program approved by a school in a
school zone;
(4) the individual possesses the firearm in accordance with a contract between a school in
a school zone and an individual or the individual's employer;
(5) the possession of the firearm is by a law enforcement officer acting in his or her official
capacity; or
(6) the firearm is unloaded and is possessed by an individual while traversing school
premises for the purpose of gaining access to public or private lands open to hunting,
if the entry on school premises is authorized by school authorities.

18 U.S.C. § 922(q)(2)(B)(i), (iii) through (vii). Put another way, a person who carries a handgun
without a permit pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1307(g) and who stores the handgun in a
vehicle on the grounds of a school covered by the GFSZA risks prosecution under the GFSZA
unless one of the above conditions is met, e.g., the handgun is stored, unloaded, in a locked
container or locked firearms rack on the person's motor vehicle.

In sum, persons who carry a handgun pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1351, the
enhanced handgun carry permit statute, or Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1366, the concealed handgun
carry permit statute, are specifically excepted from application of the federal Gun-Free School
Zones Act. But a person who carries a handgun without a permit pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann.
§ 39-17-1307(g) and stores a handgun in a vehicle on the grounds of a school covered by the
federal Gun-Free School Zones Act risks prosecution unless that person qualifies for an exception.

  1. Similarly, a person who is carrying or transporting a handgun without a permit pursuant to
    Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1307(g) or Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1307(e) "on or near school
    property" of a school covered by the GFSZA risks prosecution unless an exception allows the
    person to possess a firearm "on the grounds of" the school or "within a distance of 1000 feet" from
    such grounds.

  2. Assuming a person satisfies an exception to the GFSZA or a particular school is not
    covered by the GFSZA, that person may legally store or transport a firearm in a vehicle "while on
    or utilizing any public or private parking area" of a school if that person satisfies the conditions in
    Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313. Persons covered by Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313 include
    employees and students of any school, as well as persons who reside on school property, who are
    "on or utilizing any public or private parking area" because "parking area" is defined as "any
    property provided by a business entity, public or private employer, or the owner, manager, or legal
    possessor of the property for the purpose of permitting its invitees, customers, clients or employees
    to park privately owned motor vehicles." Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1313(c)(2)(A) (emphasis
    added).

  3. Certain statutory provisions prohibit schools from taking adverse action against a student,
    a person who resides on school property, or an employee of a school who has stored a handgun in
    a vehicle in a parking area of a school in accordance with the requirements of Tenn. Code Ann.
    § 39-17-1313. For instance, Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-7-163 prohibits public postsecondary
    educational institutions from taking "any adverse action against an employee or student of the
    postsecondary institution solely for such person's transportation of a firearm or firearm
    ammunition in compliance with § 39-17-1313 while on or using a parking area located on property
    owned, used or operated by the postsecondary institution." And Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-312
    provides a cause of action for an employee against a private employer when the employer
    "discharge[s] or take[s] any adverse employment action against an employee solely for
    transporting or storing a firearm or firearm ammunition in an employer parking area in a manner
    consistent with § 39-17-1313."

Additionally, Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1314(g) could provide a cause of action to an
employee, student, or other person who is adversely affected by a local governmental regulation
or policy that prohibits the storage and transportation of a firearm or firearm ammunition in
accordance with § 39-17-1313. As explained in Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. 21-13 (Aug. 31, 2021), local
governmental entities have authority to regulate the field of firearms only when specifically
authorized by the General Assembly, and no state law gives local governmental entities the
authority to override § 39-17-1313.

Other statutory provisions as well as common law remedies could also afford protection to
a student, a person who resides on school property, or an employee of a school who has stored a
handgun in a vehicle in a parking area of a school in accordance with the requirements of § 39-17-
1313, depending on the facts and circumstances.

HERBERT H. SLATERY III
Attorney General and Reporter

ANDRÉE SOPHIA BLUMSTEIN
Solicitor General

LAURA T. KIDWELL
Assistant Solicitor General

Requested by:
The Honorable Terri Lynn Weaver
State Representative
425 Rep. John Lewis Way N.
Cordell Hull Building, Suite 554
Nashville, Tennessee 37243