NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - State Rep. Chris Todd is pushing for the Tennessee Attorney General to appeal the recent overturning of two gun laws in the state.

Earlier in the week, a three-judge panel struck down the following laws:

Making it illegal to carry a firearm in a public park

This ruling now makes it legal to carry a gun in a state or municipal park.

“Intent to go Armed” law made it a crime for a person with or without a permit to be out and about with a gun, having the intent to use it.

The court felt the language was too broad and while that may not have been the law’s intent, it’s how it could be enforced, allowing law enforcement officers to stop anyone they observed with a gun and arrest them with a charge of intent to go armed.

The judges in the Gibson County Chancery Co

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