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TN: Legal expert: City can ban guns at Confederate monument protest
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The city of Knoxville will ban weapons during a planned protest at the Confederate monument in Fort Sanders on 17th Street on Saturday.
But days before the protest is set to take place, many people are asking how the mayor's office can ban firearms in a state that allows permits for open carry.
"The law of the state of Tennessee is that it's okay if a city wants to ban guns in a sensitive area," said Lincoln Memorial University professor of law Stewart Harris.
While the Volunteer State issues permits for the concealed or open carry, guns and other weapons will be banned from this weekend's Confederate monument protest. |
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| One might think that a law professor would be aware of the Doctrine of Prior Restraint, wherein government cannot suppress otherwise lawful behavior based upon the presumption that such exercise MAY be used to commit crimes. |
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