City parks officials announced Friday that they’ll remove some – but not all – of the outdated signs banning concealed weapons in parks.
The move follows a lawsuit threat from Grass Roots North Carolina, the state’s biggest gun rights group. The group’s president emailed the Raleigh City Council this week to demand an update to the signs reflecting a new state law that allows concealed-carry permit holders to bring guns to playgrounds, greenways and college campuses.
Initially, parks director Diane Sauer told the gun-rights activists that updated signs would only be installed when the existing ones are in poor condition and need to be replaced. In an email to the group, she noted that the state might change the laws again, and a citywide sign change would be too costly.
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