Can you still get Tennessee handgun permit if you've been to mental hospital?

I certainly hope not. Crazy people with guns just what we need.

As the actual law is written it looks like you'll have to wait 7 years to try. BUT without knowing the EXACT circumstance of your case it is impossible to say.

"Shall not have been adjudicated as mental defective; has not been committed to or hospitalized in a mental institution; has not had a court appoint a conservator for the applicant by reason of a mental defect; has not been judicially determined to be disabled by reason of a mental illness, development disability or other mental incapacity; and has not, within seven (7) years from the date of application, been found by a court to pose an immediate substantial likelihood of serious harm, as defined in Title 33, Chapter 6, Part 5, because of mental illness".

"Title 33: Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Chapter 6: Mental Health Service

Part 5: Nonemergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment

TCA 33-6-501: "Substantial likelihood of serious harm" defined.

IF AND ONLY IF

*** (1) (A) a person has threatened or attempted suicide or to inflict serious bodily harm on the person***, OR

(B) the person has threatened or attempted homicide or other violent behavior, OR

(C) the person has placed others in reasonable fear of violent behavior and serious physical harm to them, OR

(D) the person is unable to avoid severe impairment or injury from specific risks, AND

(2) there is a substantial likelihood that the harm will occur unless the person is placed under involuntary treatment,

THEN

(3) the person poses a "substantial likelihood of serious harm" for purposes of this title.

Nope the attempted suicide automatically disqualifies you (FOR LIFE)

They're called Republicans. Yes, mental patients from Tennessee can get handgun permits.