2010 Tennessee Code
Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades
Chapter 35 - Private Protective Services Licensing and Regulatory Act
62-35-125 - Carrying of weapons by guards or officers.
62-35-125. Carrying of weapons by guards or officers.
An armed security officer/guard may carry only the types of firearms that the commissioner prescribes, by rules and regulations, in the performance of the person's duties. A security officer/guard may carry a firearm only if certified to carry the firearm. With proper certification, an unarmed or armed security officer/guard may carry any other type weapon, including, but not be limited to, clubs or batons, stun guns, the chemical spray known as mace or any other tool or weapon that the commissioner may prescribe.
[Acts 1987, ch. 436, § 25; 1988, ch. 987, § 11; 1996, ch. 1009, § 12; 1997, ch. 369, § 4.]
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