MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Would you feel safe allowing law enforcement officers to carry a gun under the influence of drugs and or alcohol?

A bill that would allow that was recently filed in the Tennessee Senate.

If your answer was no, it turns out the lawmaker who proposed the bill agrees with you.

He told FOX13 that he does not want to see that, but does want to loosen other gun restrictions.

"That first of all is wild,” said Jonathon Brazley, a University of Memphis student.

State Sen. Joey Hensley, R-Hohenwald, said he has amended a bill that once said police officers in Tennessee should be allowed to carry weapons while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance.

"Allowing people to carry it while under the influence, that is just crazy. And even if you are law enforcement, you are not making the right decisions when you are drunk,” said Chandler Greer, a UofM Student.

Hensley, a Republican from Hohenwald, about 90 minutes southwest of Nashville, seems to agree.

“I disagree with law enforcement being able to have a gun and be intoxicated as well,” said Hensley.

So how did this bill make it to the legislature? Hensley said the bill would also allow people to carry a weapon on college campuses and in parks.

It would also let off-duty officers carry a weapon under the influence.

This was added without his knowledge.

“When you have a bill drafted, the legal department puts a section about what the bill is pertaining to. And I really don't know why they put that section in that because it really wasn't what the bill was doing,” said Hensley.

"That needs to be looked into a little more. I mean even if that was just by mistake, my question is why was that even on the table in the first place,” said Greer.

But while they questioned removing the drug and alcohol restriction, each student we spoke with agreed with allowing students and staff to carry a forearm on campus.

"If people are able to carry weapons to protect themselves, we will have a community, a school that is able to flourish, especially given the current circumstance of Memphis,” said Seth Groves, a UofM student. 

“Any day, someone could easily just snap. So if there was a system in place to make sure the morals are right, or some type of training,” said Brazley.

Last year, the senator proposed a bill that would classify certain gun owners as law enforcement. It did not pass.