New Tennessee Attorney General Opinions regarding “guns in parks” and special privileges for off-duty law enforcement officers.
The Tennessee Attorney General has released two opinions of recent that may be of interest to Tennessee’s firearms owners, property owners, and law enforcement communities.
One opinion (18-04) addresses questions regarding the carrying or possession of firearms in public parks, playgrounds, civic centers or other city or county owned public venues. The opinion is rather shallow but it does address 4 specific questions. One of the areas where the opinion is “elusive” is whether the express limiting language of Tennessee Code Ann. § 39-17-1311(a) has any effect as to weapons not identified in Tennessee Code Ann. § 39-17-1302(a).
A second opinion (18-22) address whether off-duty law enforcement officers, who are simply “civilians” while off-duty, have special privileges to carry firearms at time and in places where other citizens are prohibited from carrying firearms even if they have state issued handgun carry permits.
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