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Manassas Airport Open House

Wolf_shadow

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ed wrote:
ed wrote:
From: FlyboyEd@aol.com
To: rwbendall@ci.manassas.va.us
CC: citymanager@ci.manassas.va.us, jrivera@ci.manassas.va.us
Sent: 6/20/2009 11:41:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Firearms and Weapons Ban - Manassas Regional Airport


Dear Mr. Bendall -

As a local pilot and citizen I have issue with the newly placed "NO WEAPONS" signs at the terminal doors and gates. Virginia has 72 airports. Only 9 of these 72 airports are classified as "air carrier airports" and are thus affected by the gun ban in §18.2-287.01. Manassas is not one of the 9 airports. This means your ban is in violation of Virginia Code § 15.2-915 Control of firearms; applicability to authorities and local governmental agencies.

You may also note that July 1st 2009 is the effective date of House Bill 1655. Thisisthe bill requiring a court to award reasonable attorney fees, expenses, and court costs to any entity that prevails in an action challenging an ordinance, resolution, motion, or an administrative action that violates Virginia's preemption statute.

The City of Norfolk (and others) have already had to award payments to gun owners that were legally carrying firearms in violation of their "ban(s)".

I request the removal of those signs immediately.

Thank you.

Ed Levine
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Mr. Levine,

Mr. Bendall is out of town today and asked me to respond to your email. The sign was put up by event organizers, not the City, and has been removed today. Mr. Rivera has told the organizers they are not to put up such signs in the future. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.




Martin R. Crim

Smith and Davenport

9253 Lee Avenue

Manassas, Virginia 20110

(703) 368-8148

fax (703) 368-7745
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Hum, who were the event organizers if not the Airport or City?
 
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