Gun law in the United States is defined by a number of state and federal statutes.  Sale or delivery of firearms is restricted in Tennessee like any other U.S. state.  In almost all the states of the U.S., an importer, manufacturer, dealer or collector shall be licensed under the Federal Gun Control Act of 1968, to be a lawful seller.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1314 states that the general assembly has declared the lawful design, marketing, manufacture and sale of firearms and ammunition to the public not to be unreasonably dangerous activities and do not constitute a nuisance per se.

According to Ann. § 39-17-1303, a person is said to have committed an offense if s/he intentionally, knowingly or recklessly sells, loans or makes a gift of a firearm or ammunition to a minor or an intoxicated person or who is prohibited from gun ownership.

By Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1304, selling or offering to sell or displaying for sale any ammunition cartridge, metallic or otherwise, containing a bullet with a hollow-nose cavity filled with an explosive material that detonates upon impact which is designed other than for any state or federal military unit, is an offence in Tennessee.

State has exclusive right to bring suit and recover against any firearms or ammunition manufacturer, trade association or dealer by or on behalf of any state entity, county, municipality or metropolitan government for damages, abatement or injunctive relief resulting from or relating to the lawful design, manufacture, marketing or sale of firearms or ammunition to the public.