LOCAL PARKS WHERE AN OFFICIAL DECISION HAS BEEN MADE

Use this thread to post any local parks where the local government has voted and either prohibited carry or the prohibition failed.

Please include

Name of Park:
Address: (If known or at least general location)
City or County: (Name of city or county where park is located, not whether it is a city or county park)
Results of vote: (Carry to be prohibited, Carry not to be prohibited)
Entity taking vote: (*** City council, *** County commissioners)

Also please make an entry into our CCW Prohibited Locations - TGO Database


***NOTE***

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Name: ALL CITY PARKS
City: Johnson City
Results of Vote: Carry prohibited (unanimous vote), by Johnson City City Council. UPDATE:* No Guns Allowed In Johnson City City Parks | TriCities

Name: ALL CITY PARKS
City: Jackson
Results of Vote: Carry not-prohibited, by Jackson City Council

Tennessee Firearms Association, Inc.
Legislative Action Committee
Local Reports from a TFA member (Richard Archie) who attended the Jackson City Council (Madison county) meeting on July 7 reports that the city council voted 6 to 2 with one abstaining to REJECT a motion to close Jackson City parks under the local parks option.

Name: ALL CITY PARKS
City: Paris
Results of Vote: Carry prohibited (vote 4-1), by Paris City Council
The Paris Post-Intelligencer > News > Local News > Commission decides no guns in parks

Name: ALL CITY PARKS
City: Murfreesboro
Results of Vote: Carry prohibited
City bans guns in parks on The Murfreesboro Post

Name: ALL CITY PARKS
City: Baileyton
Results of Vote: Carry prohibited
The Greeneville Sun - News Story

Name of Park: All County Parks
City or County: Williamson
Results of vote: Carry to be prohibited
Entity taking vote: County commissioners; vote unanimous on 7/13/09

Name: ALL CITY PARKS
City: Lebanon
Results of Vote: No vote but see below. (Looks like carry will be allowed)

From The Lebanon Democrat.


GUNS IN PARKSBy: By J.R. LIND
Posted: Sunday, July 12, 2009 12:03 am
Comment Email Print Despite some mumblings, it appears unlikely Lebanon will opt out of the recently-passed guns-in-parks law.
The law, which allows handgun-carry permit holders to have their weapons in city parks, passed the state legislature late in this year's session. The law includes a provision allowing city councils to "opt-out," effectively banning weapons in parks under their control.
During a handful of recent Lebanon City Council meetings and work sessions, Councilor Kevin Huddleston obliquely indicated he would be asking City Attorney Andy Wright to draft the opt-out ordinance.
Friday, Huddleston said he will not pursue that move.
"I thought abouut it but i'm not going to. I have had some people in my ward and some family members that said i shouldn't do that," he said.
Huddleston said safety concerns were first on people's minds as they argued against the ban. He said it's the same reason he wants to keep the attendant at Don Fox Park in the budget. That job is one of more than two dozen city jobs that appear to be victims of budget cuts. City Recreation Director William Porter said he can save the job if he's allowed to move money from other lines in his budget allocated for part-time workers and overtime.
During the brief moments in which guns-in-parks came up, Councilor Kathy Warmath expressed that she would not vote for the ban.
"I'm totally against that. I don't carry one myself. I believe everyone has a right to protect themselves. Law enforcement can't be everywhere. If you are in danger and you are a responsible person, you should be able to carry them anywhere," she said Friday.
Wright said no member of the council has indicated they would like him to draft the opt-out ordinance.
The state law goes into effect Sept. 1 and cities must act before that date to opt out. City councils in Murfreesboro and Clarksville voted to opt out Thursday. Nearly 50 city and county governments statewide have opted out to date.
Staff Writer J.R. Lind can be reached at 444-3952 ext. 16 or by e-mail at jr.lind@lebanondemocrat.com

Meigs county:

Will not ban:

Source: Daily post athenian (our local rag)

Name: ALL CITY PARKS
City: Germantown Unanimous Vote
Results of Vote: Carry prohibited
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/jul/14/shelby-votes-to-keep-gun-ban-in-parks/

Name: ALL COUNTY PARKS
City: Shelby County 10-3 vote
Results of Vote: Carry prohibited
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/jul/14/shelby-votes-to-keep-gun-ban-in-parks/

The policy would apply to county-owned properties such as Shelby Farms.

Voting yes to keep the current ban were commissioners Henri E. Brooks, Carpenter, Sidney Chism, Joe Ford, J.W. Gibson II, James Harvey, Matt Kuhn, Deidre Malone, Steve Mulroy and Ritz.


Voting no were commissioners Joyce Avery, Wyatt Bunker and George Flinn.