A three-judge panel struck down the State of Tennessee's law prohibiting people from bringing guns into public parks .

The ruling came after three gun owners, along with two gun rights organizations, Gun Owners of America, Inc. and Gun Owners Foundation , sued the state in February 2023 over the law. The law made it a crime to bring guns to parks in most circumstances.

The panel ruled against the state's argument that it did not have jurisdiction to strike down a criminal statute and that the gun owners and gun rights organizations do not have standing to bring the lawsuit.

It instead found the Tennessee law violated the Second Amendment and Tennessee Constitution because the "Tennessee Constitution cannot afford its citizens fewer protections with regard to the right to keep and

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