Posted on 10/27/2008 6:05:37 PM PDT by neverdem
OMAHA, Neb. -- Omaha's City Council president plans to respond to the city's gun violence problem with a program of increased penalties, closer surveillance and higher awareness.
Dan Welch said he plans to put his anti-violence proposal onto next week's council agenda after working on it for months. He said it's already received endorsements of key city officials.
"We've got too much gun violence in the city of Omaha," he said. "We've got too many people creating trouble at all hours of the night."
His plan comprises six amendments to current city ordinances. Three are aimed at controlling disruptive crowds of people, and the others are designed to crack down on illegal guns.
"What we would like to do is get as many illegal guns off the street as possible," Welch said.
The gun-related amendments would require that no pawned firearm be returned to a person until it's registered, make the discharge of a firearm on public property punishable by a minimum of 30 days in jail and make carrying an illegal gun punishable by a minimum of 30 days in jail.
He said scenes of violence involving large crowds earlier this year were among the things that prompted him to act.
"I hope that people start to get the message," he said.
His plan already has the support of the Omaha Police Department and Mayor Mike Fahey.
"Tougher sentences, I think that's a great idea," Fahey said.
As the plan moves ahead, it does so with a wait-and-see attitude from community activists like Preston Love Jr.
"I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt," Love said.
He suggested that Welch seek input from people in the area most affected by violence before going forward. He also said the proposed amendments would not address the heart of the issue.
"Yes, we want to get guns off the streets, but it's important to observe that the guns are only part of the problem," he said.
Copyright 2008 by KETV.com.
Yeah, why didn’t we think of this before???
What a great idea...
/big time sarc
Yeah gun control has worked so well everywhere else. Sheesh look at how safe Chicago is.
What is “gun violence”?
Is that like when SUVs suddenly drive into people?
The only gun problem is good people aren’t using them enough there.
there was a town in GA which had a bad crime problem so all residents got guns
results
crime went down
Boston Mayor see crime go up and buys back some guns
results crime still goes up
what was that town called in GA please?
Criminals can’t even read laws much less follow em .........seditious socialist rats better be glad their voters can’t read !
stay safe !!
We should expect this from Moscow on the Missouri.
No doubt.
I blame Warren Buffet!
Kennesaw, Georgia
ping
that’s it thanks
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The Black communities of Chicago, D.C., NYC, Detroit should be screaming this at their Reps. Gun control is aimed at the Black community. But, it's now expanding.
“Gun control is aimed at the Black community.”
I disagree.
Gun violence in black neighborhoods is always used by politicians as an excuse to impose gun control. But they never confiscate the guns in the black neighborhoods.
Its basically a “bait and switch” scam to disarm everyone else.
All the RKBA language was added by an initiative of the People in 1988. So far the Courts seem reluctant to enforce it, having ruled that it doesn't invalidate the very sorts laws it was intended to invalidate. (1989 and 1990). Imagine that.
It’s Kennesaw, Georgia. And by law, every homeowner in Kennesaw must own a firearm. The crime rate there is very low, for obvious reasons.
Omaha.. Not as nutty as Chicago but still trying.
I grew up in Nebraska, and a lot of people I know joke that Omaha is NOT Nebraska. Not sure who would claim them.
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