NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The State of Tennessee will appeal a Gibson County Chancery Court ruling declaring two gun laws unconstitutional, according to the state attorney general's office.

Following a lawsuit, a panel of judges in West Tennessee ruled last month two state firearm laws were unconstitutional: one was a ban on guns in public parks, and the other was a law against carrying a gun with the “intent to go armed.”

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said the state planned to appeal the ruling, citing a lack of clarity with the consequences of the lower court panel's decision.

“We’re appealing the Hughes decision because the Court’s broad ruling goes too far," the AG said in a statement to News 2. "It entirely invalidates two gun laws, even though those laws are constit

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