{"id":180,"date":"2010-04-04T02:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-04T02:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terragrafix.com\/blog\/?p=180"},"modified":"2010-04-04T02:34:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-04T02:34:00","slug":"gun-nuts-reload-for-showdown-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?p=180","title":{"rendered":"Gun ‘Nuts’ Reload for Showdown Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brian Donahue<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/b>High noon will come at precisely 7:15 P.M. Tuesday. That’s when the final showdown is scheduled in an epic battle pitting the National Rifle Association, an organization devoted to preserving one of our Constitutionally guaranteed rights, versus the Emeryville city council, a group hell bent on eviscerating that right.<\/p>\n

At least that’s how NRA members are characterizing the proposed gun store ordinance. The city council, for its part, sees a set of reasonable and rationed regulations similar to rules applied to other businesses. The regulations have the backing of the City Attorney and the Chief of Police.<\/p>\n

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The proposed ordinance forbids those under age 18 from going inside any store selling firearms in Emeryville, requires criminal background checks of store employees and other limited regulations. Residents at a March 16th council meeting on the subject called the proposed ordinance ‘benign’ and ‘reasonable.’ At the same meeting, gun rights advocates chastised the proposal as ‘invasive’ and ‘draconian,’ a ‘government usurpation of Second Amendment rights.’<\/div>\n
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The council’s second and final reading of the ordinance is scheduled for Tuesday night April 6th. Gun lovers have promised to double their numbers from the first reading (see the Tattler story on March 16). Firearms enthusiasts have threatened, if the council goes through with the ordinance, to unseat every one of our council members either by recall or by getting pro-NRA candidates to replace them in future elections. <\/div>\n
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The city council will take up the issue at 7:15 Tuesday night.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n