Knox County’s gun fight is suddenly about your wallet.
Commissioner Andy Fox introduced an ordinance on Wednesday that would require the county to use taxpayer money to cover attorneys’ fees for anyone who successfully sues over a firearms ban in a county-owned building. The county commission was scheduled to consider the measure at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the main assembly room of the City-County Building.
Fox said he was pushed into action by a weapons ban at the East Tennessee Historical Society’s museum inside the county-owned East Tennessee History Center. He argued the ordinance is about making sure handgun permit holders do not lose their rights in spaces the county controls…