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07-31-2010, 05:49 AM
Chester council OKs resolution on guns
Published: Thursday, July 29, 2010
By John Kopp, jkopp@delcotimes.com
Chester city council approved a resolution Wednesday calling for the state Legislature to pass a law requiring lost or stolen handguns to be reported missing to police within a reasonable amount of time after the discovery of their disappearance. Council voted, 4-0, in favor of the resolution. Councilperson Marrea Walker-Smith was absent.
Mayor Wendell N. Butler Jr. said that council also seeks to pass an ordinance that would force Chester residents to do the same. To do so, the ordinance must first be advertised in several publications and undergo two readings at council meetings before council can approve it.
Butler applauded the city’s quick response in passing the resolution just two days after state Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland, D-159, formally pitched the idea at a press conference Monday.
“We’re dealing with gun violence,” Butler said. “We need to do everything we can to get the proliferation of guns off the streets.”
Kirkland, who spoke during the meeting’s public comment allotment, thanked council for its speedy response and urged it to continue to take measures to eliminate the violence.
“Thank you for putting on the resolution for lost and stolen guns,” Kirkland said. “I think that is a step in the right direction.”
Kirkland also asked the city to consider enacting more seat-belt checkpoints, because it potentially could allow police to catch criminals through probable cause.
City council also swore in its four police chaplains, the Rev. Dr. Bayard Taylor, the Rev. Dr. William Rocky Brown, Lisa Dennis and Leonard Carroll. The chaplains are available to the police department and residents for spiritual counseling.
http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2010/07/29/news/doc4c50ec0335ffb088161880.txt
Steve
Published: Thursday, July 29, 2010
By John Kopp, jkopp@delcotimes.com
Chester city council approved a resolution Wednesday calling for the state Legislature to pass a law requiring lost or stolen handguns to be reported missing to police within a reasonable amount of time after the discovery of their disappearance. Council voted, 4-0, in favor of the resolution. Councilperson Marrea Walker-Smith was absent.
Mayor Wendell N. Butler Jr. said that council also seeks to pass an ordinance that would force Chester residents to do the same. To do so, the ordinance must first be advertised in several publications and undergo two readings at council meetings before council can approve it.
Butler applauded the city’s quick response in passing the resolution just two days after state Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland, D-159, formally pitched the idea at a press conference Monday.
“We’re dealing with gun violence,” Butler said. “We need to do everything we can to get the proliferation of guns off the streets.”
Kirkland, who spoke during the meeting’s public comment allotment, thanked council for its speedy response and urged it to continue to take measures to eliminate the violence.
“Thank you for putting on the resolution for lost and stolen guns,” Kirkland said. “I think that is a step in the right direction.”
Kirkland also asked the city to consider enacting more seat-belt checkpoints, because it potentially could allow police to catch criminals through probable cause.
City council also swore in its four police chaplains, the Rev. Dr. Bayard Taylor, the Rev. Dr. William Rocky Brown, Lisa Dennis and Leonard Carroll. The chaplains are available to the police department and residents for spiritual counseling.
http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2010/07/29/news/doc4c50ec0335ffb088161880.txt
Steve