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ND: Minot City Council Votes Down BB Gun, Arrow Ordinance
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Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/
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"Minot's city council has voted down a proposed ordinance that would have made the use of BB guns and bows and arrows in city limits illegal."
"The proposed ordinance also would have made their possession in public places illegal. At tonight's monthly meeting, Capt. Robin White with the Minot Police Department presented the ordinance that Chief Jason Olson drafted with the help of the city attorney."
"The ordinance would have replaced another ordinance that the captain said was taken off the books, unbeknownst to the department." ... |
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Millwright66
(3/3/2015)
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| Seems like the proposed ordinance was a "ton of cure" for a small sniffle. I suspect there's already a large body of liability law governing consequential damages resulting from careless employment of weapons or projectile devices. It should also be noted BB guns and bow and arrows are devices with limited range and potential lethality fully capable of being employed/confined to limited areas. DoMinot's residents really need an overweening government addressing "neighborhood issues" ? |
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