Knoxville opposes gun law
Parks officials in Knoxville and Knox County oppose a bill before a state Senate committee today that would allow city and county governments to decide whether to allow people with carry permits to take guns in local parks.
Well, they can still decide to ban them in their parks. Bonus PSH:
You take a ballfield situation that could be very heated and you have a coach or a fan that could get upset, a gun would not make that much better. We’ve already found a gun that fell out of someone’s pocket. Luckily a child found it and went to their parent.
Unpossible. Guns aren’t allowed there.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:47 am
“Joe Walsh, the city of Knoxville’s Parks and Recreation director, and Doug Bataille, the county’s parks chief, cited many of the same reasons for opposing the presence of guns in their parks.”
So when someone comes in and opens fire on the people in the stands and they die because they are legally prohibited from having a gun with which to return fire, are Joe and Doug willing to lose their houses in the resulting lawsuit? If they’re going to act like they own people, then they should be fully accountable for what they force on those people.
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I have seen crazy parents at ball games. Knowing that the person they were intimidating and threatening with assault had means at hand to defend themselves would keep them from behaving in a criminal manner.
How does the Castle Doctrine encompass this issue? I think a conflicting law would make an interesting court case, because ain’t nobody gonna retract the Castle Doctrine after it has passed.