autosurgeon
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Well as Chairman of the Village of Lawrence Planning Commission I am happy to report that our Final Draft of the re-codified ordinances makes exactly one mention of firearms.
Under Offenses it states "Reserved to the state" and that is how it should be!
There are absolutely NO ordinances relating to firearms in the Village now! State Law is all you need to know in our little town!
Note there used to be a discharge ordinance and carry ordinance but both were struck down last year prior to finalizing the new code of ordinance, We felt it would make it less of an issue when folks saw that all firearms ordinances had been removed from the final draft if we already had NO firearms ordinances on the books.
Also of the two only one was enforceable and it was pretty weak and had never been used so we felt it could go.
NOTE you could still be arrested for reckless discharge under state law if you were killing varmints or doing something else dumb (distance from nearest house.. hunting and all that)... so it is not a big enforcement loss and it clears the stream so to speak.... leaving only state law to worry about!
Final note K&D Arms opens on the 5th :celebrate we finally will have a gunshop and gunsmith in the downtown!
Stop in and check it out! Oh I havn't had a chance to discuss OC with the owners but will at the first oportunity!
Well as Chairman of the Village of Lawrence Planning Commission I am happy to report that our Final Draft of the re-codified ordinances makes exactly one mention of firearms.
Under Offenses it states "Reserved to the state" and that is how it should be!
There are absolutely NO ordinances relating to firearms in the Village now! State Law is all you need to know in our little town!
Note there used to be a discharge ordinance and carry ordinance but both were struck down last year prior to finalizing the new code of ordinance, We felt it would make it less of an issue when folks saw that all firearms ordinances had been removed from the final draft if we already had NO firearms ordinances on the books.
Also of the two only one was enforceable and it was pretty weak and had never been used so we felt it could go.
NOTE you could still be arrested for reckless discharge under state law if you were killing varmints or doing something else dumb (distance from nearest house.. hunting and all that)... so it is not a big enforcement loss and it clears the stream so to speak.... leaving only state law to worry about!
Final note K&D Arms opens on the 5th :celebrate we finally will have a gunshop and gunsmith in the downtown!
Stop in and check it out! Oh I havn't had a chance to discuss OC with the owners but will at the first oportunity!