So says The Daily Times:

Maryville and Alcoa government officials have indicated they will opt out of a new law allowing people to carrying guns in public parks, according to Parks and Recreation Director Joe Huff.

The issue was discussed at a Parks and Recreation Commission meeting Tuesday.

Huff said he hopes Blount County Commission will also ban guns in parks. The state Legislature recently passed legislation allowing handgun permit holders to take their guns to parks, but gave local governments the right to opt out. The law was sent to the Governor and would go into effect on September 1 of this year.

The city and county governments can be contacted here. Also, if cities keep doing this, it seems like a good way to get the state to pass a law preempting local control of the guns in parks issues. And Campfield reports that the legislature is looking at expanding the state’s preemption powers.

Posted in uncategorized on June 11th, 2009 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |