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Charleston City Council Repeals Handgun Sales Ordinance

Charleston’s City Council has repealed a 1993 ordinance that limited handgun sales in the city.
 
The move is in response to state legislation that prohibits municipalities from having firearm regulations that are greater than those of the state or federal governments.
 

Charleston’s ordinance required a 72-hour waiting period for handgun sales. It also limited handgun sales to one per person per month.
 
Council members repealed the ordinance Monday night after Mayor Danny Jones suspended the rules for a vote.
 
The Legislature approved the state measure during this year’s regular session. The bill also allows people with concealed-carry permits to bring guns to city-owned recreational facilities, including swimming pools and after-school centers.
 
Jones told the council that he hopes Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin vetoes the legislation.

Charleston Mayor to Governor: Veto This Municipal Gun Ordinance Bill

Charleston Mayor Danny Jones says he will meet with Governor Tomblin very soon and ask him to veto a gun bill passed by the legislature last week.

Senate Bill 317 makes gun laws uniform state wide. But the bill defines a municipally owned recreation facility as a swimming pool, recreation center, sports facility housing an after school program or other similar facility where children are regularly present.  The bill permits a person to carry a lawfully possessed weapon into such a center, as long as it is stored out of view.

Mayor Jones is pretty upset about it.

“One of those rec centers is associated with Kanawha County schools and if you carry a gun onto school property, it’s a felony. And so I’m wondering if legally if they can even do this.  So, we’re ready to go to court and we’re ready to do whatever we can do to challenge this and to put a stop to this.”

Jones said he and city officials toured one rec center this morning to determine where lockers could be located so that firearms could be securely stored as the bill requires.  He says the city won’t install lockers and that the state should pay for them.

He also blames gun lobbyists from out of state for pressuring lawmakers to pass this during an election year.

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