You think you can defend that castle, little girl?
Tennessee has long had the restrictive gun laws which allow local governments to ban people with carry permits from their community parks, their children's sports fields, and yes, even their playgrounds. But Republican Rep.
Mike Harrison doesn't want your hippie confusion:
When legislators first enacted a law to allow guns in parks in 2009, they allowed communities to opt out if they wished. More than 70 did. As a result, Republican Rep. Mike Harrison said, the state's nearly 500,000 permit holders are confused about which parks are off-limits.
Harrison's bill to allow permit holders to be armed in parks and playgrounds across the state was advanced by voice vote in the House Civil Justice Committee on Wednesday.
Good point. That's around 20 percent of your state and people who have guns get confused when communities with children and young people tell them they'd rather they didn't bring their guns into the sandbox.
"We've had seven years of people with gun carry permits all across the state — in state parks, local parks, Little League games — and there's not been any problems," Harrison said. "So this would just make it consistent across the state."
Another really good point.
Tennessee is ranked number TWO in the nation for gun crimes. That means there is one more state in our union where you're more likely to be shot by a gun. So, exactly. At least Tennessee didn't make the
top five gun death list! Shoot that gun up in the air to show how excited you are. Remember, you will be able to do it at a little league game before you know it.