Salisbury Township plans to consider rescinding an ordinance banning the carrying of firearms in township parks.

Word of the plan came after a representative of the Lehigh Valley Tea Party complained about the ordinance at the Salisbury Board of Commissioners meeting.

"The township does not have the authority to codify that act. That is for the state legislature only," Tom Campione, vice chairman, Lehigh Valley Tea Party, said during the public comment portion of the Jan. 22 township meeting.

Discussion of a gun ordinance amendment was already listed on the agenda of the Jan. 22 workshop.

However, since the matter was brought up during the meeting, the topic was not discussed by township officials during the workshop.

"There are some old ordinances that we do not enforce," Salisbury Township Manager Randy Soriano said to Campione in response to his comments during the meeting.

Campione, of Doylestown, Bucks County, is director of legislative affairs for Pennsylvanians For Self-Protection.

"We will probably rescind any ordinance on the books," Soriano added.

None of the township commissioners spoke about the topic during the meeting.

Atty. John W. Ashley, township solicitor, did not attend the meeting.

Soriano said the township had received a letter from an attorney who contacted officials on Campione's behalf.

"It's primarily having to do with the parks," Campione said.

"If you're going from town to town, you might not know [about a municipality's firearms law]," Campione said.

"I don't really want to spend taxpayers' money to defend the law," Soriano said.

Municipalities across Pennsylvania are reconsidering laws concerning the carrying of guns in parks.

Then-Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed Act 192 into law in November 2014, which allows people and organizations to sue municipalities which have ordinances about guns not complying with state law.

Municipalities are not allowed to regulate the ownership, possession, transfer or transportation of firearms.

According to the law, municipalities must pay legal fees and damages in court cases.

A member of the Lehigh Valley Tea Party addressed the Jan. 19 commissioners' meeting in Bethlehem Township, which also prohibits guns in its parks.