Thundar
Regular Member
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From VCDL Mini Alert of 3 July:
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1. City of Roanoke cannot ban guns at Fourth of July Festival,
contrary to flyer
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There is a 4th of July festival at River's Edge Sports Complex in
Roanoke tomorrow. It is cosponsored by the anti-gun Roanoke Times.
The flyer says that "all firearms are strictly prohibited."
Sounds like the Roanoke Times is smoking some kind of weed again.
The City CANNOT ban guns in a public park.
If have talked to the Roanoke Commonwealth Attorney's office and also
Sgt. Smith with Roanoke PD to make sure we are one the same page.
The event will have off-duty Roanoke officers providing security.
If you are prevented from bringing a legally carried gun into the
event by any of the officers, comply with their unlawful orders, but
first get their names and badge numbers and give that information to
me so that this can be settled later.
You might ask the officers to contact Sgt. Smith or the Commonwealth
Attorney's office to confirm that the officers cannot legally enforce
a gun ban on public property.
The code section that prohibits the City from banning guns in pubic
parks and buildings is 15.2-915.
Those carrying concealed shouldn't have any problems as the officer's
won't know you're carrying, of course.
From VCDL Mini Alert of 3 July:
*******************************************************
1. City of Roanoke cannot ban guns at Fourth of July Festival,
contrary to flyer
*******************************************************
There is a 4th of July festival at River's Edge Sports Complex in
Roanoke tomorrow. It is cosponsored by the anti-gun Roanoke Times.
The flyer says that "all firearms are strictly prohibited."
Sounds like the Roanoke Times is smoking some kind of weed again.
The City CANNOT ban guns in a public park.
If have talked to the Roanoke Commonwealth Attorney's office and also
Sgt. Smith with Roanoke PD to make sure we are one the same page.
The event will have off-duty Roanoke officers providing security.
If you are prevented from bringing a legally carried gun into the
event by any of the officers, comply with their unlawful orders, but
first get their names and badge numbers and give that information to
me so that this can be settled later.
You might ask the officers to contact Sgt. Smith or the Commonwealth
Attorney's office to confirm that the officers cannot legally enforce
a gun ban on public property.
The code section that prohibits the City from banning guns in pubic
parks and buildings is 15.2-915.
Those carrying concealed shouldn't have any problems as the officer's
won't know you're carrying, of course.
