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Letter to Ann Arbor News on Saline Ordinance 2003/03/04 To the Editor: Saline’s “weapon-free zones” ordinance violates state law. The Michigan firearms preemption act, 1990 PA 319, says, in part: “Sec. 2. A local unit of government shall not impose special taxation on, enact or enforce any ordinance or regulation pertaining to, or regulate in any other manner the ownership, registration, purchase, sale, transfer, transportation, or possession of pistols or other firearms, ammunition for pistols or other firearms, or components of pistols or other firearms, except as otherwise provided by federal law or a law of this state.” This law clearly prohibits the ordinance that Saline’s city council has passed. The statement in the News article that “municipalities are allowed to ban concealed weapons in their own buildings” is without factual foundation. No such law exists. The Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners filed suit a year ago against the city of Ferndale, which had passed an ordinance similar to Saline’s. On January 8, 2003 the case was heard by the Court of Appeals, which has not yet ruled. It would be wise for any municipality considering such an ordinance to wait to see how the Appeals Court and the Supreme Court rule on the issue, for if the ruling goes against Ferndale, all other similar ordinances will be voided. The Washtenaw County Commissioners wisely took this step and tabled their proposed ordinance following a public hearing. The whole argument regarding “public safety” is spurious and without foundation. In the past 20 months since inception of the concealed carry reform act, Michigan’s 90,000 concealed pistol licensees have not used their pistols in a single crime. David K. Felbeck Ann Arbor Related Articles :   home | go back | go up | text + | - text |
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