this should help the people that hold a HCP

[clowe]

:screwy:NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man carrying an AK-47-style semiautomatic pistol was detained at Radnor Lake State Parkafter startled hikers complained to park rangers.

Ellen Thomas said she was hiking an upper trail on Sunday when she encountered 37-year-old Leonard Embody wearing a camouflage jacket, military boots and a black skull cap. She called the encounter "scary."

State Department of Environment and Conservation spokeswoman Tisha Calabrese-Benton said Embody was detained by park police because his weapon looked like a rifle.

After the gun was secured and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives personnel were called, Embody was released without charges because he has a handgun carry permit.

Calabrese-Benton said state attorneys are still investigating whether the AK-47-style pistol is legal to carry as a handgun.

No phone number was listed for Embody.

The state legislature passed a law earlier this year allowing people with handgun permits to carry their weapons in parks.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[Guest m&pc9]

Heres 30 pages on the subject.

http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/general-off-topic/32087-tennessee-gun-ownerss-favorite-village-idiot-again.html

[Guest B_Carter]

WOW...there must me some history with this dude. I read this story this morning and was asking myself why would you carry an AK47 into a park?? Just asking for trouble. All it takes is one to give a bad perception for everybody else.....

[Fallguy]

Heres 30 pages on the subject.

http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/general-off-topic/32087-tennessee-gun-ownerss-favorite-village-idiot-again.html

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