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West Mifflin council has adopted an ordinance regarding the reporting of lost or stolen handguns despite coming under fire from residents of other municipalities urging council not to take such action.
It was standing room only at council chambers Tuesday night as residents from Pittsburgh, Cranberry Township, McKeesport, Canonsburg, Pleasant Hills, Finleyville, Bethel Park and parts of West Mifflin came one by one to the podium urging council not to adopt a gun law that most said is illegal.
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"I am in favor of citizens' rights, laws and ordinances that make sense," Constable-elect Jeremy Stillwagon said. "This ordinance places a law-abiding citizen in danger of being jailed. This ordinance has one major flaw in it, and it is stated that a victim of a theft has 72 hours to report it from the time it was discovered. All a person has to say if they did sell a gun illegally is they just discovered it was stolen. Last time I checked, criminals lie. At this point, what good is the ordinance if that's all they have to do?"
Krystal O'Conner, of Bethel Park, as well as several other speakers, came with a firearm at her side.
"I'm a law-abiding citizen," she said. "Please, don't make me a criminal."
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailynewsmckeesport/s_657999.html
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West Mifflin council has adopted an ordinance regarding the reporting of lost or stolen handguns despite coming under fire from residents of other municipalities urging council not to take such action.
It was standing room only at council chambers Tuesday night as residents from Pittsburgh, Cranberry Township, McKeesport, Canonsburg, Pleasant Hills, Finleyville, Bethel Park and parts of West Mifflin came one by one to the podium urging council not to adopt a gun law that most said is illegal.
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"I am in favor of citizens' rights, laws and ordinances that make sense," Constable-elect Jeremy Stillwagon said. "This ordinance places a law-abiding citizen in danger of being jailed. This ordinance has one major flaw in it, and it is stated that a victim of a theft has 72 hours to report it from the time it was discovered. All a person has to say if they did sell a gun illegally is they just discovered it was stolen. Last time I checked, criminals lie. At this point, what good is the ordinance if that's all they have to do?"
Krystal O'Conner, of Bethel Park, as well as several other speakers, came with a firearm at her side.
"I'm a law-abiding citizen," she said. "Please, don't make me a criminal."
