For Pierce County they follow state law, their rules say:
Carrying weapons in violation of state or federal law or leaving a lawfully possessed weapon unattended.
Displaying weapons in a manner, under circumstances, and at a time and place that either manifests an intent to intimidate another or that warrants alarm for the safety of other persons.
http://www.piercecountylibrary.org/about-us/policies/library-rules-conduct.htm
This whole thing should have been dealt with a long time ago. About the time that I was taking care of the city codes of University Place, Buckley, Fircrest, and the ferry system I sent out a series of emails to the pierce county library administration. Here they are.
Hi Cpl. :
We’re just finishing the review and research that we needed to do, and are pulling it together for the Board of Trustees. We will be presenting the information to them at their November 10 Board meeting. We will include our recommendation for language changes, which we are still working on.
I will update you the first week of November when the packet for the Board’s meeting is complete. I will follow-up with the results of the Board meeting after November 11.
If you happen to get this and have someone else you would like me to update while you are out of contact, please let me know, otherwise I’ll continue to email you at this address. Best of luck whiel you are gone.
-Georgia
Georgia Lomax
Deputy Director
Pierce County Library System
3005 112 ST E
Tacoma, WA 98446
253-536-6500, ext. 135
www.piercecountylibrary.org
From:
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 10:41 AM
To: Georgia Lomax
Subject: RE: Library code of conduct violates state law
It's been about a month and I have not heard from you. I don't mean to be pushy but after noon today I will be out of contact for about 7 months. I just wanted to see how everything was going in regards to the policy.
Cpl. USMC
Velocitas, Opprimere, Violentia Opperandi
From:
glomax@piercecountylibrary.org
To: @hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:11:03 -0700
Subject: RE: Library code of conduct violates state law
Dear Cpl. :
The Library’s Executive Director has asked me to look into your concern regarding Library policies.
I wanted to let you know that we’ve received your information and will be looking into it. It will take some time to research the issues involved. At this point I would estimate about a month for the initial review, followed by our evaluation of the initial review and presentation to the Board. This process may generate additional questions to be considered in connection with the issues that you raise, so it will take some time for a formal reply. Thank you for providing the information and citations, and I will keep you informed as we look into your issue.
-Georgia
Georgia Lomax
Deputy Director
Pierce County Library System
3005 112 ST E
Tacoma, WA 98446
253-536-6500, ext. 135
www.piercecountylibrary.org
From:
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:31 PM
To: Pierce County Library Dir
Subject: Library code of conduct violates state law
Dear Mr. Parikh
I would like to bring to the libraries attention to the library code of conduct, and its violation of Washington State Law. Currently the Pierce county library code of conduct is worded: “The following behaviors and activities are not allowed: Possession of weapons. "Firearms" are defined as a weapon by RCW 9.41.010. The code of conduct is in clear violation of RCW 9.41.290 [State Preemption]: “Local laws and ordinances that are inconsistent with, more restrictive than, or exceed the requirements of state law shall not be enacted and are preempted and repealed, regardless of the nature of the code, charter, or home rule status of such city, town, county, or municipality.” This RCW is in reference to firearms laws. The whole RCW can be found here
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.41.290 .Considering the fact the library system is a county funded and public resource, there would need to be a provision in RCW 9.41.300 in order to restrict firearms possession in the library. There is no exemption in RCW 9.41.300 that states a county or library system can restrict the right to carry a firearm on its grounds. Under RCW 9.41.290, the weapons section of the library code of conduct in its current verbiage is unenforceable. I would also like to direct your attention to the Washington State Attorney General's Opinion AGO 2008 No. 8 which states "RCW 9.41.290 preempts a city’s authority to enact local laws that prohibit possession of firearms on city property or in city-owned facilities." I request that you advise the board to remove or revise the referenced code in order to prevent and preclude the potential for a lawsuit from illegal citation and/or arrest in violation of state law. I look forward to hearing back from you about this issue
Cpl. USMC
Velocitas, Opprimere, Violentia Opperandi
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