Governor Haslam has reluctantly signed HB0995, which reduces the number of gun free zones in the state. Previous legislation had allowed local governments to ban guns from locally administered parks, if they posted prominent signs saying that guns were banned. HB 0995 removed that exception in the law, thereby allowing a limited ability to exercise second amendment rights on the public lands of locally administered parks. The history of the bill is rather interesting, in that Governor Haslam was against the bill before he was for it. He likely only signed the bill to …read more

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