Demands Repeal of HB 650
Expanded Carry in Parks...
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Insensitively exploiting the recent evil mass-homicide within a “Gun-Free” Connecticut school, the
Winston-Salem City Council announced a list of requested legislation they want to see from this year’s NC General Assembly. Among these demands is repeal of last
year’s expanded park carry that was passed as HB 650.
Incredibly, the Council responds to murder in a “Gun-Free Zone” by demanding expansion of their dangerous reach within North
Carolina municipalities.
Winston-Salem
Mayor
Allen Joines was quoted as saying park carry is “a mixed bag, and it’s
confusing. The legislature pre-empted local
governments’ authority to control local parks. I think they should leave
that up to us.” Compliance with this law is as easy as permitting
law-abiding citizens to carry everywhere. Left up to the Mayor, we would
be unable to defend our families in parks. This type of endangerment
can no
longer be tolerated.
Council
Member
Derwin Montgomery claims, “local governments have a right to regulate
the time and place (arms are carried)”. So according to the
Councilman, a right that “shall not be infringed” upon can be
“regulated”?
Perhaps Winston-Salem’s efforts are more-related
to an attempt to avoid responsibility for violating the provisions of HB 650 and the resulting lawsuit pursued GRNC’s partner, Rights Watch International?
Either way, Winston-Salem has earned a reminder from North Carolina gun owners that we will not permit expansion of dangerous
“Gun-Free Zones” in our state, and have no patience for municipalities that violate state law by infringing upon gun
rights.
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IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED! | |
CONTACT THE WINSTON-SALEM CITY COUNCIL and let them know that you don’t appreciate their clear violations of state law and attempt to expand dangerous “Gun-Free Zones” of defenselessness within NC municipalities
CONTACT INFO
DELIVER THIS MESSAGE
Suggested Subject: Don’t make parks
“Gun-Free” murder zones.
Winston-Salem leadership :
I
am disappointed
that you have decided to violate state law and continue to violate the
rights of law-abiding North Carolina gun owners to defend themselves and
their
families in your parks. I am also disappointed that you are demanding
that HB 650, last year’s expanded park carry bill, be rescinded. This
important law decreases the area in which citizens are disarmed in our
state. As we have seen with the increase in mass-homicides within
“Gun-Free Zones”, places where citizens are prevented from being able to
effectively defend themselves and their families are the most
dangerous places in our society.
I urge you to stop your promotion of
“Gun-Free Zones” in parks, and to embrace the common-sense expansion of freedom created by HB 650.
Sincerely,
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I did hope to go back and see Old Salem again one day. Guess I don't have to worry about that now.
ReplyDeleteOld Salem
ReplyDeleteGuess not.