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TexasTowelie

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Thu Mar 9, 2017, 05:09 AM Mar 2017

Bill would require security measures in government buildings banning guns

Any local government-owned buildings in Tennessee that place signs prohibiting weapons being carried on the premises, including stadiums, would be required to implement new security measures under a bill being advanced by a Republican lawmaker.

On Wednesday, Rep. William Lamberth, R-Cottontown, told the House Civil Justice Subcommittee when lawmakers approved the guns-in-parks law it "got into a very hairy area of law" on exactly when and how cities and local governments could ban firearms in certain areas.

The guns-in-parks law, which was approved in 2015, prevents any local government to ban people with handgun permits from carrying their weapons in a park.

"Quite frankly, we may have caused more questions than we answered," he said, adding that he hoped his legislation would clarify those questions.

Read more: http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/08/bill-would-require-security-measures-government-buildings-banning-guns/98915244/

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