Sudbury Town Meeting, new firearm law proposal

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Sudbury will be opening discussion on a petition to change the Sudbury bylaws and create yet another law in the patchwork of MA gun laws.
Here is the proposal:
ARTICLE 39. AMEND BYLAWS, ART. V, PUBLIC SAFETY, SECTION 8 –
DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town of Sudbury Bylaws, Article V, Public Safety, by deleting
Section 8 therefrom and substituting a new Section 8, as follows:
SECTION 8. No person shall fire or discharge any automatic weapon, machine gun, cannon, pistol or
revolver, rifle, air rifle or BB gun, shot gun or explosives of any kind on private property except with 28
the written consent of the owner or legal occupant thereof or within the limits of any Town-owned
public property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such weapon shall be fired or discharged within
500 yards of a residence and within one-half (1/2) mile of any school, daycare center, church or any
building, playground or field , which children use for sports or other activities. Nothing in this bylaw
shall be construed in such a way as to prohibit the lawful use of any of the above-named guns in the
defense of life or property or on any range as defined in Section 9 or in any other manner in
accordance with the General Laws of the Commonwealth limited by the discharge limits set forth
herein concerning discharge of a weapon near a residence. Violation of this section shall be subject to
a penalty of $300. ;
or act on anything relative thereto.
Submitted by Petition. (Majority vote required)
PETITIONER’S REPORT: This article seeks to amend the Public Safety Bylaw to prohibit the
discharge/firing of firearms near schools, playgrounds, daycare centers, churches, temples and homes.
The current Bylaw only restricts discharging firearms within 500 feet of homes, but does not mention
schools, playgrounds, daycare centers, etc. Many handguns are capable of firing rounds well over a mile.
In an effort to better protect our children and our neighbors, this change will prohibit the discharging/firing
of weapons within one-half (1/2) mile of all schools, playgrounds, daycare centers and churches/temples,
and within 500 yards of any dwelling.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN POSITION: The Board will report at Town Meeting.
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT: The Finance Committee will report at Town Meeting.

I see nothing good about this.
-bob
 
It's already being discussed here.

As a fellow Sudbury resident, I can agree that it's nothing good. Pretty stupid actually.

Aloha
 
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