Bartlett Parks Meeting/A.G. Says Parks Law Constittutional

[Pat McGarrity]

Tennessee Attorney General, Robert E. Cooper, Jr., issued an opinion today stating that the legislation legalizing carry permit holders to carry in parks to be constitutional:


http://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/op/2009/OP/OP152.pdf


The Bartlett Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold public hearings on our parks carry on 9-22-09 at 7:00 PM:

http://www.cityofbartlett.org/CurrentEv ... px?EID=722


The support for parks carry in the last meeting to address this common sense safety was 100% supporting parks carry, with no one speaking for the ban. Please attend this meeting and/or contact the Mayor and Aldermen and let them know you expect them to support your civil rights by NOT banning legal gun carry in our parks. To ban responsible armed citizens from the parks they pay for only creates a safe work environment for violent criminals. It's been nine days since it was legal to carry in parks and what has happened? Nothing. The final vote on this could take place as early as 10-13-09.

http://www.cityofbartlett.org/Directory.aspx?DID=15

In Liberty,

Pat McGarrity
Director - Shelby County TFA

http://www.tennesseefirearms.com




http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/20 ... uns-parks/



By Clay Bailey (Contact), Memphis Commercial Appeal

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Bartlett will hold a Sept. 22 public hearing on whether to ban guns in the suburb’s parks.

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen could eventually vote on a resolution on the controversial matter as early as Oct. 13.
Bartlett delayed action on the matter most of the summer. Mayor Keith McDonald said he wanted to wait for a state attorney general’s opinion on whether the state legislation — dropping the decision regarding the gun ban in the laps of local jurisdictions — was proper.

The opinion affirming the legislation’s legality came late Tuesday, McDonald said. While there are two pages of analysis in the letter, the opinion is quite succinct, saying the measure passed by the General Assembly earlier this year “does not unlawfully delegate legislative authority to counties or municipalities” in violation of the state Constitution.

Bartlett sought the opinion through state Rep. Ron Lollar, R-Bartlett, after Shelby County Atty. Brian Kuhn questioned the legality of the legislature’s action.