The state of Tennessee passed a law earlier this year making it legal to carry firearms into state and local parks. The only way around it was if local cities decided to opt-out of the law. East Ridge, which is adjacent to Chattanooga just north of the Georgia line, debated the gun law and decided to allow weapons in their parks, one of which also houses a huge regional convention center. The most interesting testimony I heard was that of individuals who had used their guns in those parks to protect their wives and their sons on several occasions. No one seemed to notice that these concerned citizens were admitting to illegally carrying their weapons into the parks. I guess we don't really need the new law - everyone's breaking the old law anyway.
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