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SB32: Libraries; localities may adopt an ordinance prohibiting firearms, etc. on premises.

Chief Patron

Sen. Mamie Locke (D-2)

Mamie Locke (D-2)
Served: 2004–

Progress

Yes Introduced
No Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Status

01/22/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee

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Summary

Control of firearms; libraries.  Provides that localities may adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, ammunition, or components or combinations thereof in libraries that are owned or operated by the locality.

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Comments

VACPS, tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

Defeated in committee

Gary Hill writes:

The only people this would affect are law abiding citizens. People who illegally carry would do so regardless of laws. Most people who would be a danger to society don't go to the library anyway. Please don't waste my dollars on this nonsense.

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