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Cir. 8/30/2012), a park ranger detained an armed visitor to a state
park. The park visitor, Leonard Embody, claimed his detention by park
rangers and local police violated his
constitutional rights. Tennessee law

allowed individuals with gun permits
to carry handguns in public places
" owned or operated by the state "
such as " public parks " and " natural
areas. " Tenn. Code § 39-17-1311(b)
(1)(H). The statute defined a " hand-

gun " as " any firearm with a barrel
length of less than 12 inches " that is
" designed, made or adapted " to be
fired with one hand.
Embody was aware of the applicable state law when he went to Radnor Lake State Natural Area, a state
park near Nashville, Tennessee, on a
Sunday afternoon. At the time, Embody was dressed in camouflage and
armed with a Draco AK-47 pistol
slung across his chest. The pistol had
an 11.5-inch barrel with a fully loaded, 30-round clip attached to it.
Anticipating his appearance at
the park would attract attention,
Embody carried an audio-recording
device with him. Embody's appearance did indeed attract the attention
of other park visitors. One passer-by
spontaneously held up his hands
when he encountered Embody. Two
park visitors reported to a park ranger that they were " very concerned "
about Embody and the AK-47. And
an elderly couple reported to a ranger
that a man was in the park with an
" assault rifle. "

At the time, Embody was
dressed in camouflage
and armed with a Draco
AK-47 piston slung across
his chest.
These reports regarding Embody's
appearance at the park prompted
two encounters with park rangers.
In the first, Ranger Joshua Walsh
approached Embody, asked for his
permit and questioned him about the
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