NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — There have been some new developments for gun owners in the Volunteer State.

Last month, a panel of judges in Gibson County Chancery Court ruled that Tennessee's ban on guns in parks unconstitutional, along with a law that makes it illegal to carry a gun with the "intent to go armed." However, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is appealing the ruling, calling it "too far."

"It’s obviously constitutional to prohibit a 10-year-old from bringing a semiautomatic rifle to a rec league basketball game or a drunk with a shotgun from staggering down Broadway or through Market Square or across Shelby Farms," a statement to News 2 reads, in part. "But the Court’s ruling appears to legalize this in Tennessee."

Gov. Bill Lee has backed the appeal despite some Re

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