Amendment would allow loaded guns into Tennessee legislature

TN Senate votes to lift bans on guns in local parks

The Tennessee House of Representatives meets for the General Assembly and legislature in this file photo.
The Tennessee House of Representatives meets for the General Assembly and legislature in this file photo.
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NASHVILLE -- Senators today approved a bill quashing cities and counties' bans on handgun permit holders' going armed in local parks, but critics tagged it with an amendment allowing permit holders to bring their loaded weapons to the General Assembly.

As a result the bill, which passed on a 26-7 vote, will have to go back to the House for concurrence.

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