Reminder: Guns in Parks in Knoxville
Item 11.O on tonight’s City Council Agenda is:
A Resolution to prohibit handguns in public municipal parks, natural areas, historic parks, nature trails, campgrounds, forests, greenways, waterways, or other similar public places.
You can contact the council members using info at this link.
July 28th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Responses to my e-mail:
Joe Bailey – “Thank you RedDog!”
Marilyn Roddy – “Thank you for taking the time to write. I believe this issue requires thorough public debate and discussion.”
Barbara B Pelot – “Thank you for your comments.”
Joe Hultquist – “It’s good to hear from you. I’m pretty much in agreement with you. I encourage you to come to the City Council meeting tonight if you can, even if you don’t intend to speak. It is very important for there to be a good “head count” so that Council members can see for themselves that there are a lot of people who understand this issue and don’t want such an (apparently) unnecessary restriction. I also encourage you to try to get others you know to attend in support of your position.”
July 28th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
I got the same response from Ms. Pelot, must be an automated one, and I live in her district. Also emailed the at large members. No response yet.
July 29th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Vote postponed for now – http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jul/29/072909council/
Are our supporters “shooting us in the foot”?
“Pelot said she’s still undecided — she was leaning toward the side of gun-rights advocates on the issue, until recently when the tone of many of their e-mail messages became more “alarming.”
“I haven gotten the most mean-spirited e-mails … from these so-called well-trained, law-abiding, permit-holding people,” Pelot said. “If they can e-mail me in those tones, how do I know they’re not just as dangerous (as criminals)?””
July 29th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
“…or other similar public places.”
Translation: You can’t leave home with it.