Tennessee Code Title 29. Remedies and Special Proceedings § 29-42-102

(a) A person shall not bring a qualified civil liability action in this state against a dealer, manufacturer, or seller of a qualified product, except under the following circumstances:

(b) In a qualified civil liability action brought against a dealer, manufacturer, or seller of a qualified product, the complaint must allege that the dealer, manufacturer, or seller of the qualified product directly caused the damages alleged.  The burden of proof is on the plaintiff to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the civil liability action is not barred by this section.  If a court determines a civil liability action is barred by this section, then the court shall dismiss the civil liability action with prejudice for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

(c) To protect the individual right to keep and bear arms, as guaranteed by both the constitution of this state and the United States Constitution, by fostering a robust marketplace to ensure ready access to arms and accompanying accoutrements, it is the public policy of this state not to allow recovery against a dealer, manufacturer, or seller of a qualified product for qualified civil liability actions or other causes of action resulting from or relating to the criminal or unlawful misuse of qualified products by third parties, public nuisance or market share theories of liability, or any other theory of liability not recognized by the laws of this state.

(d) If a litigant seeks to enforce, pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, compiled in title 26, chapter 6, part 1, or otherwise, a foreign judgment or award against a dealer, manufacturer, or seller of a qualified product, then the litigant and the litigant's attorney must certify that enforcement of the foreign judgment does not violate the public policy of this state.  The burden of proof in an action to enforce a foreign judgment in this state is on the plaintiff to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the basis for liability under the foreign judgment would not have been barred by this section if the action had been brought as a qualified civil liability action in this state.  If the court determines that the foreign judgment does violate the public policy of this state, then the court shall dismiss the action to enforce the foreign judgment with prejudice.  The court shall award a judgment against the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's attorneys, jointly and severally, in favor of the dealer, manufacturer, or seller of a qualified product for three (3) times the value of the foreign judgment attempted to be domesticated, plus attorney fees and costs incurred defending against enforcement of the foreign judgment.