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Moscow (ID) exploring public gun ban: Idaho
Lewiston Morning Tribune ^ | 8/1/2007 | David Johnson

Posted on 08/01/2007 12:27:04 PM PDT by Domandred

Mayor Chaney says rash of shooting deaths has led the city to look into its ability to limit arms at public venues

MOSCOW - No guns have apparently been packed into city council meetings here or carried within city buildings or parks, officials said Tuesday.

Nonetheless, Mayor Nancy Chaney said she's asked for a legal opinion on whether the city has authority to prohibit both concealed and exposed weapons in public places.

"We don't want to tread on anyone's Second Amendment rights," Chaney said. "We want to find out what is within our legal prerogative."

City Supervisor Gary Riedner said City Attorney Randy Fife has been asked to seek the opinion from the office of the Idaho attorney general before any additional action is taken. As it stands now, Riedner said, everyone attending a city council meeting could bring an exposed rifle, shotgun or handgun.

"Unless there's authority to restrict it, under state law you can carry an exposed gun," Riedner said. Concealed weapons may also be carried as long as the carrier has a permit issued through the sheriff's office. Idaho also recognizes concealed weapons permits from other states.

Idaho, in fact, is one of the more liberal states when it comes to gun restrictions, said Latah County Prosecutor William Thompson Jr. While guns are prohibited by judicial order at the county courthouse here, Thompson said there are no such prohibitions on other county property. The discharge of a weapon on county property, however, is prohibited, Thompson said. Brandishing a weapon in a threatening manner, such as pointing it at someone, is illegal everywhere unless the act is in self- defense, he added.

District court judges, Thompson said, have authority to regulate what goes on within a courthouse and can prohibit weapons. Former District Court Judge John Bengtson declared the prohibition at the Latah County Courthouse.

Chaney said her concern on city property, in part, stems from the rash of shooting deaths in Latah County over the past five months. She said the May shooting at the courthouse, which resulted in three deaths - including a Moscow police officer - gave her pause about how vulnerable people are in public settings.

She also expressed concern about a trend in some circles to glorify weapons, to the point of armed citizens being encouraged to "swoop in to protect people" during confrontations that should be handled by police.

While firearms are prohibited in schools by state law, in federal buildings by federal law and in county courthouses by judicial order, the city has no obvious authority to invoke such protection, Riedner said.

Once a legal opinion is received from the state, said Chaney, the matter will make its way to members of the city council for eventual consideration of a resolution or ordinance banning or restricting firearms on city property.


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Moscow IDAHO considering gun ban!
1 posted on 08/01/2007 12:27:08 PM PDT by Domandred
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To: Domandred

Post a map so that street criminals can head up there to burnish their “resumes.”


2 posted on 08/01/2007 12:29:49 PM PDT by kromike
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To: Domandred
Nonetheless, Mayor Nancy Chaney said she's asked for a legal opinion on whether the city has authority to prohibitM both concealed and exposed weapons in public places.

"We don't want to tread on anyone's Second Amendment rights,"

Liberals don't even realize the fools they are within two sentences...

3 posted on 08/01/2007 12:30:12 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Domandred
Nonetheless, Mayor Nancy Chaney said she's asked for a legal opinion on whether the city has authority to prohibit both concealed and exposed weapons in public places.

"We don't want to tread on anyone's Second Amendment rights,"

Liberals don't even realize the fools they are within two sentences...

4 posted on 08/01/2007 12:30:22 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Domandred

Remember.....When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.


5 posted on 08/01/2007 12:30:57 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tracking The "Flyin' Imams" since 11/20/06)
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To: Domandred
"We don't want to tread on anyone's Second Amendment rights," Chaney said.

Then read it and the state constitution you idiot!

6 posted on 08/01/2007 12:31:22 PM PDT by beltfed308 (Rudy: When you absolutely,positively need a liberal for President.)
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To: 2banana

LOL!!


7 posted on 08/01/2007 12:32:02 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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To: Domandred

“We don’t want to tread on anyone’s Second Amendment rights,”

Then don’t!


8 posted on 08/01/2007 12:33:23 PM PDT by Tex Pete
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Remember.....When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.

I like that and the one that says "I carry a gun because a cop weighs too much". :>)

9 posted on 08/01/2007 12:33:24 PM PDT by beltfed308 (Rudy: When you absolutely,positively need a liberal for President.)
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To: Domandred
Idaho, in fact, is one of the more liberal states when it comes to gun restrictions,

Boy...what a bad choice of words.

10 posted on 08/01/2007 12:34:00 PM PDT by Osage Orange (MOLON LABE)
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To: Domandred
It's not going to fly. Cities can't enact gun bans in Idaho. The only "banned" locations are K-12 schools, court rooms, jails and juvenile detention facilities.

It figures that a university town would elect a leftist dumbass as mayor. Perhaps its time for a recall.

11 posted on 08/01/2007 12:34:24 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Domandred
What ever happened to the Idaho of my youth?
12 posted on 08/01/2007 12:37:02 PM PDT by Little Bill (Welcome to the Newly Socialist State of New Hampshire)
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To: Myrddin

Correct. Idaho is a preemption state on gun laws.

REGULATION OF FIREARMS — CONTROL BY STATE. No city may in any manner regulate the lawful ownership, possession or transportation of firearms when carried or transported for purposes not prohibited by the laws of the state of Idaho.


13 posted on 08/01/2007 12:37:18 PM PDT by Domandred (Eagles soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
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To: Domandred

No guns have apparently been packed into city council meetings

They have a concealed weapon detector or are they guessing?


14 posted on 08/01/2007 12:37:40 PM PDT by Ender Wiggin
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To: Domandred

***”We don’t want to tread on anyone’s Second Amendment rights,” Chaney said. “We want to find out what is within our legal prerogative.” ***

That’s exactly what they’re doing.


15 posted on 08/01/2007 12:42:15 PM PDT by wastedyears (Freedom is the right of all sentient beings - Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime)
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To: traviskicks

ping


16 posted on 08/01/2007 12:43:36 PM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; The majority are satisfied with a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: Domandred

No City nor County... only the State...bottom line we all know this will only apply law abiding citizens of Moscow and the surrounding areas...

Pullman, Viola, Potlatch etcetera... Better to go and spend our money and visit parks and other City owned venues in Lewiston/Clarkston instead.


17 posted on 08/01/2007 12:44:45 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: wastedyears
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18 posted on 08/01/2007 12:45:23 PM PDT by AmericanGunner
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To: Domandred
While guns are prohibited by judicial order at the county courthouse here, Thompson said there are no such prohibitions on other county property....

Chaney said her concern on city property, in part, stems from the rash of shooting deaths in Latah County over the past five months. She said the May shooting at the courthouse, which resulted in three deaths - including a Moscow police officer - gave her pause about how vulnerable people are in public settings.

Hmm. The irony force is strong here.

So she wants to ban guns due to a shooting at the only place to have already banned guns.

19 posted on 08/01/2007 12:48:03 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (No buy China!!)
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To: 2banana

>>”We don’t want to tread on anyone’s Second Amendment rights,” Chaney said. “We want to find out what is within our legal prerogative.”<<

The second part is the truth about what she’s up to. The first part is just boilerplate. Mayor Chaney is a gun grabber. There is no way around that fact.


20 posted on 08/01/2007 12:49:49 PM PDT by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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