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http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.c ... 95955&om=1Recreation facilities gun ban up for repeal
09/02/07
From staff reports
The Rome City Commission on Tuesday will consider a citizen’s call to repeal a local ordinance barring firearms from public recreation facilities.
The Commission’s Monday session was moved to Tuesday because of the Labor Day holiday. The caucus starts at 5 p.m., with the regular meeting following at 6:30 p.m.
City resident Michael G. Morton is asking for repeal of a local ordinance banning weapons in recreation facilities, including city parks, athletic fields, gymnasiums and senior centers.
Morton contends state law prohibits local governments from regulating firearms. Floyd County has a similar ordinance Morton said he also is seeking to overturn.
Weapons also are banned in cemeteries under local law and the Commission will reconsider that ordinance at the same time.
For more on this report, see Monday’s Rome News-Tribune.
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