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Gunreference1
08-03-2010, 04:38 AM
Man files suit against Tennessee for right to carry a handgun without permit

By Juanita Cousins • THE TENNESSEAN • August 2, 2010

A Williamson County man whose handgun carry permit was suspended after he carried an AK-47 into a state park has filed a lawsuit against Tennessee to declare its law restricting the open carry of guns as void and unconstitutional.

Leonard Embody filed the lawsuit in Williamson County Chancery Court in May, and it was transferred to Davidson County Chancery Court last week.

According to the suit, Embody lawfully carried handguns with permit since 2001 and renewed the permit every four years. It was suspended this year because he presented a “material likelihood risk of harm to the public.”

Embody has never been arrested, charged with a crime or appeared before a judge concerning his handgun carry permit suspension, the suit says.

He made headlines last December when he carried an AK-47 handgun into Radnor Lake State Park and was detained by police for three hours before being released. State legislators passed a law in 2009 that made it legal for permit holders to carry guns in Tennessee parks.

Embody sued the park ranger in February, alleging the officer was unfairly harsh when he saw Embody carrying a large handgun in a park.

The lawsuit says Tennessee’s law that restricts handguns to only residents with a permit violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It seeks injunctive relief from the state law, that Embody be reinstated as a valid permit holder as well as attorney fees and court costs.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100802/NEWS03/100802014/Man+files+suit+against+state+for+right+to+carry+gu n+without+permit+

Steve

HDR
08-03-2010, 04:55 AM
Keep filing cases, play the libtard's game.

Richard Simmons
08-03-2010, 07:13 AM
IIRC this is the guy who was wearing camoflage with an AK pistol (with the muzzle painted orange) slung over his shoulder. He's got a history on some forum or other as a nutjob.

Gunreference1
08-03-2010, 08:51 AM
IIRC this is the guy who was wearing camoflage with an AK pistol (with the muzzle painted orange) slung over his shoulder. He's got a history on some forum or other as a nutjob.

Richard, you are correct! - http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/gunman-vows-continue-carrying-ak-47-parks

And he has a bit of a history:

http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/rex-radnor-lake-rambo-returns

http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/mayor-dispels-rumor-about-belle-meade-gun-ban

Steve

Gunreference1
08-30-2012, 12:22 PM
Man who carried AK-47 pistol in park loses appeal

12:58 PM, Aug 30, 2012

By TRAVIS LOLLER
Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A federal appeals court has ruled a ranger did not violate the rights of a man who wore camouflage and carried an AK-47-style pistol with loaded 30-round clip in a Nashville park.

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www.wbir.com/news/article/232486/2/Man-who-carried-AK-47-pistol-in-park-loses-appeal-

Steve