If David went up against Goliath in a Salisbury Township park, he could pack a Smith & Wesson, but he couldn't use his slingshot.

Township commissioners voted 3-0 to repeal township ordinances prohibiting firearms in township parks and recreation places.

Municipalities across Pennsylvania are reconsidering laws concerning the carrying of guns in parks. Many municipalities have rescinded firearms laws or are considering to do so.

Salisbury Township Manager Randy Soriano recommended commissioners vote to rescind the township firearms laws "to avoid any frivolous civil suits by anyone."

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 that do not comply 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.

Tom Campione, vice chairman, Lehigh Valley Tea Party, raised the matter of Salisbury's firearms laws during the courtesy of the floor portion of the Jan. 22 township meeting.

Soriano said at the meeting the township had received a letter from an attorney who contacted officials on Campione's behalf. The matter was discussed at the Jan. 22 township workshop.

Salisbury commissioners voted March 12 to repeal the entire portion of the township ordinance titled "Firearms" and amend the "Parks and Recreation" portion.

According to the ordinance, "the township realizes that by not acting to amend its current ordinances which address firearms regulations puts the township citizens in a precarious position of having to defend against potentially expensive civil litigation allowed by the new Act 192 of 2014."

The old ordinance made it unlawful for "any person under the age of 16 years" ... "to possess a loaded gun, rifle, air rifle or firearm" in the township and for any person "to shoot or fire any gun, rifle, air rifle, or firearm" across a public road or on private property or within 150 yards of a building."

The ordinance retains the prohibition of "carrying, setting off, or discharging any slingshot, or fireworks, including sparklers."