Preemption
The Sen has some questions about Tennessee’s guns in parks bill and letting municipalities decide if they want to ban it or not. Now, in the The City (My The City), we have a rather expansive park system called the Greenway. There is one particular section of the park that is a pretty popular spot and we’ve been known to go there on occasion. Now, Maryville bans guns in parks. Alcoa bans guns in parks. Blount County was pressured some questionable legal shenanigans to ban guns in parks without having a vote on it but that was quickly dealt with. Now, when the law was passed by the state, there was no provision for signage nor was there money for it. So, if I go to this one section of the park where the county and the other two cities meet, it’s entirely impossible for me to know if I’m breaking the law or not. And I’m guessing that the ban is too vague to withstand a legal challenge.
So, yes, the state needs to preempt this silly law.
January 3rd, 2014 at 12:43 pm
The best place to get your Christmas goose is at the arboretum. LOL
January 3rd, 2014 at 8:16 pm
Because more “official gun free zones” will ONLY promote more opportunities for “mass murder” related firearms restrictions “logic”.
January 4th, 2014 at 12:11 am
Sounds like a case of the cities wanting to ban guns, but not pony up the money for the signage.
And is it just me, or has Tennessee once again taken a simple concept (guns in parks) and written the law in such a convoluted manner that nobody can really tell what it means? (Signs, no signs with and without a HCL.)