Councilwoman Tarkanian,
It has come to my attention that the City of LV Parks and Rec rules and regs are coming around for review. I was quite excited to hear this, as there is a glaring problem with the current rules & regs, and this is an excellent opportunity to correct that problem.
The problem is with the "No Firearms" policy that is posted at many, if not all of the CLV parks. This policy is not in compliance with state law, specifically:
State Preemption
NRS 244.364, NRS 268.418, and NRS 269.222 state that the legislature reserves to itself the right to regulate the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, ownership, transportation, registration and licensing of firearms and ammunition in Nevada, and that no county, city or town respectively may infringe upon these rights. These laws specifically allow localities to regulate the unsafe discharge of firearms, and they also allow Clark County to maintain handgun registration. However, one must be in Clark County for 60 days before registration is required. Also, per NRS 407.0475 the Nevada Division of State Parks may not enforce regulations more restrictive than the state law with regards to firearm possession and self-defense.
The state law has already invalidated the policy, so it is just a matter of removing it from the signage, and any written materials.
It is worth noting that this need not be an expensive correction. When the City of Henderson came into compliance last year, they just put white tape over the "No Firearms" part of their signage, and problem solved.
One can already possess their firearm in CLV parks legally. The signage as it stands means that anyone doing so is likely to get hassled by an uninformed Law Enforcement Officer, which is just bad for everyone involved.
I look forward to your response confirming your support of this change.
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