No Vote on Guns in Parks Ban

City Law Director Debbie Poplin and City Council Attorney Charles Swanson are in agreement that current local law banning guns in parks in the City of Knoxville are still valid and won't require an additional vote.

Swanson told Council Tuesday night that ordinances banning guns in parks that were approved prior to June 8, 1986 remain in place and thus, Council doesn't have to vote to opt out of the new law.

Swanson says Knoxville's ordinance is "decades old."  He also says it's possible the General Assembly may revisit the measure when they reconvene in January and "clean up" the legislation regarding local ordinances.