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if you live on or near Longmont, come to the meeting and speak against the open carry ban - the ban is far reaching - reaches even the city recreation center!
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http://www.timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=22542
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Publish Date: 6/29/2010
What: Longmont City Council meeting
When: 7 tonight
Where: Longmont Civic Center, 350 Kimbark St.
Information: 303-651-8649 or www.ci.longmont.co.us.
Longmont mulls banning open-carry guns
By Rachel Carter
© 2010 Longmont Times-Call
LONGMONT — City leaders tonight will consider banning the open carrying of firearms in city-owned buildings.
City manager Gordon Pedrow asked the city attorney to draft an ordinance that would make it illegal to “knowingly carry a firearm unconcealed on or about one’s person or within one’s reach while in a city-owned or city-leased building.”
The Longmont City Council is scheduled to take its first vote on the proposed ordinance tonight. The public hearing and final vote on the ordinance is scheduled for July 13.
The ordinance would ban the open carrying of guns in the city’s public buildings, such as the Civic Center, library, museum and recreation center.
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Pedrow told the council earlier this month that he asked for the ordinance because it is his job to make sure city employees and customers feel safe in city buildings.
There have been some recent instances when Longmont resident Paul Tiger came to city offices wearing a sidearm, and some employees felt uncomfortable, Pedrow told the council.
Another time, Tiger attended a council meeting openly wearing his sidearm, and Pedrow had to field questions from people about whether — and why — that was allowed.
State law allows local governments to ban the open carrying of firearms in public buildings. If the council were to adopt the ordinance, signs would be posted on entrances of city-owned buildings saying the open carrying of firearms is not allowed.
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http://www.timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=22542
SNIP
Publish Date: 6/29/2010
What: Longmont City Council meeting
When: 7 tonight
Where: Longmont Civic Center, 350 Kimbark St.
Information: 303-651-8649 or www.ci.longmont.co.us.
Longmont mulls banning open-carry guns
By Rachel Carter
© 2010 Longmont Times-Call
LONGMONT — City leaders tonight will consider banning the open carrying of firearms in city-owned buildings.
City manager Gordon Pedrow asked the city attorney to draft an ordinance that would make it illegal to “knowingly carry a firearm unconcealed on or about one’s person or within one’s reach while in a city-owned or city-leased building.”
The Longmont City Council is scheduled to take its first vote on the proposed ordinance tonight. The public hearing and final vote on the ordinance is scheduled for July 13.
The ordinance would ban the open carrying of guns in the city’s public buildings, such as the Civic Center, library, museum and recreation center.
. . .
Pedrow told the council earlier this month that he asked for the ordinance because it is his job to make sure city employees and customers feel safe in city buildings.
There have been some recent instances when Longmont resident Paul Tiger came to city offices wearing a sidearm, and some employees felt uncomfortable, Pedrow told the council.
Another time, Tiger attended a council meeting openly wearing his sidearm, and Pedrow had to field questions from people about whether — and why — that was allowed.
State law allows local governments to ban the open carrying of firearms in public buildings. If the council were to adopt the ordinance, signs would be posted on entrances of city-owned buildings saying the open carrying of firearms is not allowed.
. . .