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TN Senate OKs guns-in-parks bill that eliminates local bans
Feb. 14, 2014 4:49 AM
The Tennessee Senate approved a bill Thursday that would undo a 2009 law that let city councils and county commissions ban guns in local parks.
Lawmakers voted 26-7 to pass Senate Bill 1496, despite efforts by Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and the leaders of other Tennessee cities to derail the legislation. Gov. Bill Haslam, a former mayor of Knoxville, also has said he opposes it ...
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20140214/NEWS0201/302140094?nclick_check=1