Guns In Parks Law Takes Effect At Midnight

Channel 4 News Nashville Opts Out Of Law POSTED: 8:23 am CDT August 31, 2009 UPDATED: 8:33 am CDT August 31, 2009 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Change is coming for many state and local parks all over Tennessee. At midnight on Sept. 1, the new law that allows carry permit holders to take their weapons into parks will take effect. Several communities in Middle Tennessee, including Nashville, Clarksville, Murfreesboro, Brentwood and Franklin, chose to opt out of that law. Columbia, Mount Juliet and White House voted not to opt out of the law, effectively allowing guns in parks