Republican Gov. Bill Haslam speaks at the state Capitol in Nashville on April 23, 2015.NASHVILLE -- Gov. Bill Haslam says he will make a decision this week on whether he will sign or veto a controversial guns-in-parks bill passed by fellow Republicans in the General Assembly.
"We're reviewing that now," the governor told reporters today in post-legislative news conference in which he joined with House and Senate GOP leaders. "We'll have something this calendar week."
The bill, which Haslam opposed, does aways with local governments' gun bans at public parks, ball fields and playgrounds and allows handgun-carry permit holders to carry their weapons there.
Update: