MAC702...I am writing the letter to the county manager and I think I am having some trouble getting my point across, let me know what you think.
June 11, 2012
Katy Simon
Washoe County Manager’s Office
1001 E. 9th Street
Reno, NV 89512
Dear Katy Simon,
In a recent visit to the South Valleys Library, in South Reno, I observed signage at the entrance that is misleading and incorrect (see attached photo of signage). This sign states, “Firearms prohibited in this building per NRS 202.3673,” leading library patrons to believe that this particular Nevada Revised Statute forbids the possession and carry of all firearms within the library, which based on the cited NRS, is incorrect. The purpose of this letter is to request that these signs be replaced with ones that contain the correct and appropriate verbiage based upon the cited Nevada Revised Statute.
I have attached the referenced Nevada Revised Statute, and as you can see the statute provides that individuals with a concealed firearms permit are “authorized to carry concealed firearm while on premises of public building” with the following exceptions, “A permittee shall not carry a concealed firearm while the permittee is on the premises of: a public building that is located on the property of a public airport,” if the public building is “a public building that is located on the property of a public school or a child care facility or the property of the Nevada System of Higher Education,” or “A public building that has a metal detector at each public entrance or a sign posted at each public entrance indicating that no firearms are allowed in the building, unless the permittee is not prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm while he or she is on the premises of the public building pursuant to subsection 4.”
I have placed in bold the sub sections and words that are relevant and pertinent to the purposes of this letter. As you can see the Nevada Revised Statute that Washoe County has chosen to cite at the entrance of the South Valleys Library does, in fact, forbids concealed carry of a firearm, but does not forbid all methods of carry with regards to firearms, principally the open carry of a firearm. Based upon NRS 202.3673, this letter is a formal request to change the sign to correctly read, “Concealed firearms prohibited in this building per NRS 202.3673.”