apollosmith
Regular Member
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Thanks to everyone that came - especially those that drove. I didn't get an exact count, but it was maybe 12-15 people there. The council unanimously made all the correct changes. They removed all of the firearms restrictions, and made some clarifications regarding regulation of discharge (change "gun or pistol" to "firearm" to remove possibilities of kiddies breaking the law by discharging their water pistols). The ordinance about selling or displaying switchblades remains.
hartazo did an awesome job presenting for us and hopefully the council will consider our opinion regarding educating law enforcement and dropping the silly idea of the resolution to the legislature to get rid of preemption. We'll keep an eye on the agendas to see if it comes back up, but I highly doubt it will. I had anticipated informing the police chief of the changes and of the state laws, but he quit yesterday (good for us!), so I'll wait until his replacement comes online.
So a small victory for us. In one small town. Only about 1/3 of the cities in the state to go. This has shown that this process is not very effective. I'm going to be working with my legislators to push forward a bill that would force cities and municipalities to rescind all of the laws that are in violation of the state uniform firearms laws. If you're interested in doing the same or in helping in the effort, please let me know. I really have no idea what the process is, but I think this is the best way to get these issues addressed.
Thanks to everyone that came - especially those that drove. I didn't get an exact count, but it was maybe 12-15 people there. The council unanimously made all the correct changes. They removed all of the firearms restrictions, and made some clarifications regarding regulation of discharge (change "gun or pistol" to "firearm" to remove possibilities of kiddies breaking the law by discharging their water pistols). The ordinance about selling or displaying switchblades remains.
hartazo did an awesome job presenting for us and hopefully the council will consider our opinion regarding educating law enforcement and dropping the silly idea of the resolution to the legislature to get rid of preemption. We'll keep an eye on the agendas to see if it comes back up, but I highly doubt it will. I had anticipated informing the police chief of the changes and of the state laws, but he quit yesterday (good for us!), so I'll wait until his replacement comes online.
So a small victory for us. In one small town. Only about 1/3 of the cities in the state to go. This has shown that this process is not very effective. I'm going to be working with my legislators to push forward a bill that would force cities and municipalities to rescind all of the laws that are in violation of the state uniform firearms laws. If you're interested in doing the same or in helping in the effort, please let me know. I really have no idea what the process is, but I think this is the best way to get these issues addressed.
I too would have liked to see the room packed full of gun totting folks, but having sat through that meeting, I doubt they would have noticed. Actually, as far as city meetings go, this one was rather short and organized, compared to many city council meetings I've attended outside of Logan. None the less, I believe we got our point across!!! Thanks to everyone who came and those could not, but lent support.