Signs at Homewood city parks prohibiting guns have been removed following a complaint about possible gun rights violations, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange said today.

A petition claimed the City of Homewood failed to comply with Alabama law because it prohibited firearms at city parks. After Strange communicated with the city, those signs were removed, Strange announced in a press release. "After reviewing and investigating the complaint, where appropriate, the Attorney General's Office worked with the City of Homewood to achieve compliance with state law,'' Strange said in a prepared statement. "Because the signs are removed, the Attorney General has determined that no further action is required."

The complaint was the latest of 21 similar complaints Strange's office has received since July 2015.

In more than half of the complaints, the signs prohibiting firearms were removed. Those places included the town of Newton, the City of Abbeville, the town of Eva, the Department of Public Health, the Daleville Cultural and Convention Center, multiple parks and sports venues in Vestavia Hills, Decatur Utilities, the E.T. Sims neighborhood, the Dallas County Chamber of Commerce, multiple Shelby County government offices, and a recreation center and park in Moulton.

In other cases, such as Auburn University and the University of South Alabama, Strange deemed that the universities are public corporations, not political subdivisions, and the AG opted not to file suit.