Gun Ban

Tempers flared at the Pultown Public meeting Monday concerning the ban of concealed-weapons on public property.

Carla Worthingham, whose 10-year-old daughter was blinded by a drive-by shooting at the Pulltown Public Library last June, testified in favor of the bill. “My daughter lost her eyesight in the name of some idiot’s right to take a gun to the library? That’s unreasonable.”

Events such as last year’s Pulltown Center’s Northwest Wheatberry festival shooting have drawn the issue of public safety to the council’s attention. While public safety is the motivation for the passing the law many citizens believe their constitutional rights are in jeopardy.

Bertrand Birch, 43, a local gun shop owner voices his opposition of the law. "[the ban] opens the door to tyranny and squashes liberty" Birch said, "We will mount a legal challenge. This ain’t Canada.”