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NES Member
For our Vermont folks: Top Vermont officials back gun prohibitions, but Senate action is uncertain
Bear in mind that Monday a nutcase murdered a young woman in broad daylight in a public park in Bennington with a knife Some bits from the article:.
Several Vermont statewide officeholders on Wednesday threw their support behind a bill that would ban guns in hospitals, child care facilities and publicly owned buildings. But it’s unclear whether the legislation will garner the votes it needs to make it to the floor of the Vermont Senate.
“I think if you were to ask the average Vermonter, they would say that those are resoundingly commonsense ideas, that you don’t need and you don’t want guns in those areas,” Baruth said.
Testifying in the committee on Wednesday, Donovan called the proposal a “commonsense approach to public safety, to reasonable gun regulations.”
“It makes sense, and people have a right to feel safe and not to worry, and this issue of guns and intimidation is real,” Donovan said.
Sears also said that he hadn’t been aware until recently that bans on firearms in buildings other than courts and schools were unenforceable.
Baruth told the committee that, under current law, if an individual brought a gun into a hospital, child care center or even the Statehouse, police could not require them to leave.
“They have no recourse. A police officer can’t get rid of that gun,” Baruth said. “And the person can stand on their rights to have the gun in the environment.”
Bear in mind that Monday a nutcase murdered a young woman in broad daylight in a public park in Bennington with a knife Some bits from the article:.
Several Vermont statewide officeholders on Wednesday threw their support behind a bill that would ban guns in hospitals, child care facilities and publicly owned buildings. But it’s unclear whether the legislation will garner the votes it needs to make it to the floor of the Vermont Senate.
“I think if you were to ask the average Vermonter, they would say that those are resoundingly commonsense ideas, that you don’t need and you don’t want guns in those areas,” Baruth said.
Testifying in the committee on Wednesday, Donovan called the proposal a “commonsense approach to public safety, to reasonable gun regulations.”
“It makes sense, and people have a right to feel safe and not to worry, and this issue of guns and intimidation is real,” Donovan said.
Sears also said that he hadn’t been aware until recently that bans on firearms in buildings other than courts and schools were unenforceable.
Baruth told the committee that, under current law, if an individual brought a gun into a hospital, child care center or even the Statehouse, police could not require them to leave.
“They have no recourse. A police officer can’t get rid of that gun,” Baruth said. “And the person can stand on their rights to have the gun in the environment.”