Victory in Tennessee

 Hughes v. Lee (Tenn.Ch. 2025).  (Since I expect to move there next year, this is slightly more interesting._  This is a bit odd.  Chancery courts are an odd medieval leftover.  Most states no longer have chancery courts, having merged them with their regular courts of law.  I am unclear why this is before a chancery court, which normally deals with probate questions.  The question in this case was whether Tennessee law prohibiting carry in parks and another ban on "going armed" in public places violated the Second Amendment.  Do parks qualify as "sensitive places"?

Accordingly, this Court holds that the Going Armed Statute violates the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and therefore also violates Article I, Section 26 of the Tennessee Constitution. With respect to the Going Armed Statute, Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment is hereby GRANTED, and Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment is hereby DENIED....

Accordingly, we conclude the Parks Statute violates the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and therefore also violates Article I, Section 26 of the Tennessee Constitution. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment is hereby GRANTED with respect to the Parks Statute, and Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment is consequently DENIED.

I cannot find this decision online yet. Chancery court makes me wonder if some clerk is trying to figure out how to translate it from Norman French. /sarc