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LEADERS VOTED TO KEEP
PEOPLE WITHOUT ADVANCED WEAPONS
PERMITS FROM HAVING
FIREAREMS IN COUNTY BUILDINGS.
BUT THOSE WHO DO HAVE THE
SPECIAL PERMITS, CAN, WITH
RESTRICTIONS. OUR OTIS SANFORD
HAS REACTION.
ITS BAD ENOUGH THAT MISSISSIPPI
IS ALLOWING ANYONE TO WALK
AROUND IN PUBLIC OPENLY CARNS. H
SPECIAL PERMITS CAN ALSO CARRY
THEM INSIDE GOVERNMENT
BUILDINGS IN DESOTO COUNTY.
THATS THE DECISION REACHED
THIS WEEK - BY THE COUNTYS
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THE
FIVE-MEMBER BODY PASSED AN
ORDINANCE BANNING GUNS IN
COUNTY BUILDINGS - UNLESS THE
GUN-TOTING VISITOR HAS AN
ADVANCED WEAPONS PERMIT. THEN -
ITS OK. WERE TALKING ABOUT
PLACES WHERE EMOTIONS SOMETIMES
RUN
HIGH - AND TEMPERS CAN OFTEN
FLARE. LANGUAGE IN THE
ORDINANCE SAYS IT BEST. COUNTY
BUILDINGS ARE SENSITIVE AREAS -
WHERE EMOTIONALLY CHARGED ISSUES
ARE ADDRESSED,
SUCH AS CHILD CUSTODY BATTLES,
CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS,
AND TAX COLLECTION. YET, THE
BOARD FELT IT HAD NO CHOICE
BUT TO ALLOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE
GONE THROUGH 8 HOURS OF
FIREARMS TRAINING - TO BRING
GUNS OPENLY INTO
COUNTY BUILDINGS. AT LEAST THE
BOARD HAD THE
GOOD SENSE TO PROHIBIT THOSE
WITHOUT THE PERMIT FROM
BRINGING WEAPONS INSIDE THESE
BUILDINGS. BUT HONESTLY - THERE
IS NO NEED FOR ANYONE - OTHER
THAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
SECURITY OFFICERS - TO HAVE GUNS
IN COUNTY BUILDINGS. EVEN THE
MOST WELL TRAINED GUN OWNER
CANT
ALWAYS BE TRUSTED TO KEEP HIS
COOL - IF HE HAS A BEEF OVER A
TAX BILL. AS EVENTS THIS WEEK
AGAIN PROVED, MASS SHOOTINGS ARE
FAR TOO COMMON IN AMERICA. AND
INSTEAD OF FINDING WAYS TO SLOW
THE PROLIFERATION OF GUNS,
MISSISSIPPI KEEPS GOING - THE
OTHER WAY. THATS MY POINT OF
VIEW. IM OTIS SANFORD, WREG
NEWS CHANNEL 3, THE MEMPHIS
STATION THATS ON YOUR SIDE.
A BIG HONOR FOR CAROLINE
KENNEDY.