While waiting to hear back from the various legal beagles here in Clark County regarding their response to my inquiries as posted below, I thought I’d share some stuff with you.
Clark County is reportedly facing at least a $42 Million budget shortfall this fiscal year. One solution? Voluntarily do away with the concealable handgun registration ordinance! Metro said last year, in testimony on changes to the Concealed Carry statute, that they were losing money in processing concealed carry permits. This was well before county sales taxes started their nosedive. Well if they’re losing bucks there, then they surely must be losing even more on this unconstitutional ordinance. I say “Scrap it and save money!!” (I wish I could take credit for this innovative idea, but I must admit it came from one or our readers)
Clark County is reportedly facing at least a $42 Million budget shortfall this fiscal year. One solution? Voluntarily do away with the concealable handgun registration ordinance! Metro said last year, in testimony on changes to the Concealed Carry statute, that they were losing money in processing concealed carry permits. This was well before county sales taxes started their nosedive. Well if they’re losing bucks there, then they surely must be losing even more on this unconstitutional ordinance. I say “Scrap it and save money!!” (I wish I could take credit for this innovative idea, but I must admit it came from one or our readers)
Although this happened a little while ago maybe some of our Southern Nevada readers were unaware that Sheriff Ken Furlong up in Carson County thinks he can get away with a violation of Section 11 and Nevada Revised Statutes and that no one will call him on it! Oops! Sheriff Furlong decided that he would like the serial numbers for all firearms that are put on an individual’s concealed carry permit. NRS does NOT require serial numbers on a CCW, just the make, model and caliber. In essence Sheriff Furlong thinks he’d like to institute his own handgun registration ordinance without benefit of his County Board of Commissioners or state law! As we all know that is a violation of Carson County’s residents Section 11 rights. This was pointed out to the befuddled sheriff and he indicated that this was “optional” and not required. That may be, but the space is still on his CCW form. This is just another reason that CCW’s MUST be taken away from the county sheriff’s and placed under the control of the Department of Public Safety.
Have any of our Southern Nevada friends heard about this? It seems that confiscating firearms from individuals who bring them into a county park is becomming very common. I have heard that this has been happening for some time. As far as I can tell, there is NO county ordinance prohibiting firearms on county park property. I’ve read Title 19 of the Clark County codes and I can’t find this being addressed anywhere. On the other hand there is a Park Regulation prohibiting firearms from being carried or discharged in a park. See THIS. I’m not certain when this rule (or is it a regulation?) was instituted, but my guess it was “on, before, or after 6/13/89”. It’s gotta GO right along with the other illegal Clark County firearms ordinances. I'm thinking that this illegal reg was passed in some "consent" item that the County Commisssioners probably never even read.
Tim, one of our loyal readers, has received a letter from Mayor Mike Montandon of North Las Vegas indicating that he is fully in favor of doing away with the unconstitutional and now illegal firearms related ordinances found in his fair city. Mayor Mike is a firearms enthusiast himself and has been trying to convince his city council that these ordinances found in 9.32.010 through 9.36.200 of the City of North Las Vegas city code should be scrapped. We have heard that a major reason former NLV Police Chief Mark Paresi became “former” was based on his lack of support for Mayor Mike’s initiative. We’re crossing our fingers that the mayor gets the council to side with him before someone sues his city for violating Nevada State statutes.
That’s about it for now. Keep those comments coming and tell your friends and shootin’ buddies about Section 11. We need all the support we can get!!
WE MUST REMAIN EVER VIGILANT…EVER WATCHFUL
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We need to emulate these guys, http://www.azcdl.org/
They are VERY active, very motivated, and very visible.
They get to all the AZ gun shows, run a dedicated activist web-site, get air time where they can, etc.
They are NOT passive, they are not counting on Arizona's history and reputation to protect their firearms rights.
Too many people here in Nevada seem to have an unreasonable faith that our historic traditional freedom's will protect our future.
I feel that's a naive viewpoint, it's ACTIVISM that gets the point across to our politicians, if WE are not the activist, the Anti's will be.
The SB-92 controversies would be resolved in our favor very quickly if the politicians Phones, Fax, and e-mail boxes were filled with demands for remedy every day.
One man CAN change the world, but he will change it a LOT faster with the help of a few thousand friends!
Has anyone contacted NRA-ILA? Oftentimes when I contact our representatives they want to know "What is the NRA's position on this?"
I have had good success talking with Bob Beers and Valerie Weber in the past. I'd be happy to talk with them about this.
Whatever happened to the guys who were supposedly starting "NVSDA" modeled after the VCDL? They posted on packing.org and other places, then never answered emails and disappeared.
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