phill4paul
09-12-2010, 08:57 AM
NASHVILLE — In the 15 months since Tennessee handgun-carry permit holders got the right to go armed in state parks, two gun-related incidents have been reported at state facilities and neither resulted in violence, officials said.
Fyke said the law “has not been disruptive” for the most part.
A “major” exception, he said, involved a Dec. 20, 2009, incident in which rangers at Radnor Lake State Park in Nashville stopped Leonard Embody, who had an AK-47-like handgun strapped over his shoulder.
They detained Embody nearly three hours before releasing him without charges after determining he had a lawful carry permit and a legal weapon.
Rep. JoAnne Favors, D-Chattanooga, voted against the guns-in-parks bill.
“We have armed guards there in the parks, and I just do not feel they should be there because we have so many unstable individuals,” she said.
Sounds like a reason in favor of open carry Rep. Favors.:rolleyes:
Edit: The funny thing about her quote is that if you take it at face value then I am in agreement. I don't feel there should be armed guards in state parks either because there are so many mentally unstable individuals in L.E.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/sep/12/guns-havent-changed-state-parks/
Fyke said the law “has not been disruptive” for the most part.
A “major” exception, he said, involved a Dec. 20, 2009, incident in which rangers at Radnor Lake State Park in Nashville stopped Leonard Embody, who had an AK-47-like handgun strapped over his shoulder.
They detained Embody nearly three hours before releasing him without charges after determining he had a lawful carry permit and a legal weapon.
Rep. JoAnne Favors, D-Chattanooga, voted against the guns-in-parks bill.
“We have armed guards there in the parks, and I just do not feel they should be there because we have so many unstable individuals,” she said.
Sounds like a reason in favor of open carry Rep. Favors.:rolleyes:
Edit: The funny thing about her quote is that if you take it at face value then I am in agreement. I don't feel there should be armed guards in state parks either because there are so many mentally unstable individuals in L.E.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/sep/12/guns-havent-changed-state-parks/