NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The State of Tennessee is set to appeal the recent ruling that overturned two gun laws.

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed a notice of appeal on Tuesday after a panel of judges in Gibson County ruled that those laws were unconstitutional.

Below are the laws that were overturned:

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

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