NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Two Tennessee gun laws were struck down by a three-judge panel in Gibson County Chancery Court on Monday.

The panel of judges struck down the laws, ruling them unconstitutional for violating the 2nd Amendment.

The following laws were struck down:

Making it illegal to carry a firearm in a public park

This ruling now makes it legal to carry a gun in a state or municipal park.

“Intent to go Armed” law made it a crime for a person with or without a permit to be out and about with a gun, having the intent to use it.

The court felt the language was too broad and while that may not have been the law’s intent, it’s how it could be enforced, allowing law enforcement officers to stop anyone they observed with a gun and arrest them with a charge of intent to go armed.

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