Good afternoon,
My office has been made aware that the Tennessee Department of
Safety (TDOS) is currently sending letters to all firearms
instructors requiring them to provide information concerning the
name of the firearm owner, the name of the student using the
firearm, as well as the make, model, and serial number of
firearms used.
I have contacted the Dept. of Safety and Lisa Knight, the
Director of the Handgun Permit Department has assured us they
will be revising the form in question to address the concerns
many constituents are having. Some of the detailed information
such as serial number will be omitted to better protect the
privacy of handgun carriers.
Please see the following statement from Lisa Knight, to be
followed by a formal statement:
“We are removing the serial # off the form as well as the part
of the form that ask who owned the gun. The roster will still
be required to show the students name, signature, TN Driver
license number, test scores, certificate number and the date the
class was completed. This is in part due to an audit finding."
Lisa Knight
Department of Safety
Handgun Unit
1150 Foster Ave.
Nashville TN 37210
Phone: (615) 251-5330
Fax: (615) 532-3056
Lisa.Knight@state.tn.us
