BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) -- Guns will be allowed in Blount County parks, after a motion to opt out of the guns bill failed before the agenda commission.

But the issue is a whole lot more confusing than one might think.

Many of the county parks are within the city limits of Maryville and Alcoa who have opted out.

So you need to make sure you're in a Blount County park and not a city park, before you bring a gun.

And an attorney general's opinion appears to make the situation even more confusing

"Sometimes there's some overrated or irate parents and no, I don't think it's a good idea," says Tony Johnson.

Johnson has coached little league ball at Eagleton Park for nearly 20 years and doesn't feel guns in parks is a good idea.

The Blount County Agenda Committee failed Tuesday to get enough votes to send the issue to the full commission so guns are now allowed in the county's parks.

But the issue may be a lot more confusing than one might think.

Many of Blount county's parks are within the city limits of Maryville and Alcoa who have banned guns in their parks.
Maryville's Everett Park bans guns.

"Up the street we have Everett Recreational Center which is owned by Blount county. These facilities are less than a block apart," says Parks and Rec Commission Chairman Nelson Russell.

But Russell says there is also an attorney general's opinion regarding school sanctioned events at parks that allow guns.

"During that period of time you will not be allowed to have guns there as long as those school children are present," says Russell.

So if you bring a gun to a recreational park like Louisville Point Park, are the children playing part of a school event or not?

"How would you know? And once again, we wouldn't know typically that they're going to be down there and for how long they're going to be down there," says Russell.

Some may find those rules, confusing. For others, it's a lot confusing.

"It's the county's decision I guess. We've got our opinion but it doesn't matter too much," says Johnson.

Russell says it's going to take a lot of education to more than just the public.

"Law enforcement's going to have to be spooled up as well to say when is somebody legal? So, it's just going to be difficult," says Russell.

Russell says they're going to start with the simple first and post signs at Maryville and Alcoa's parks noting the ban of weapons.

He says they are in the process of developing a website in the hopes of getting it all explained concerning the Blount County parks.