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Burlington, Iowa City Council to Consider Ban on Open Carry of Toy Guns
The Gateway Pundit ^ | 7-21-2014 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 07/21/2014 10:49:48 AM PDT by servo1969

The Burlington, Iowa city council wants to ban open carry of toy guns. The ordinance will make it illegal to openly carry a toy gun or conceal one with clothes.

ia Iowa Gun Owners Facebook page:

The Burlington Iowa City Council is moving to pass an ordinance that would require you to get their WRITTEN permission before your kids can play with toy guns, replica guns, BB guns, etc!

If your kids play with these toys in most outdoor situations, or if they play with toy guns in the car while you drive them around, you are looking at a fine in excess of $500 and up to a month in jail!

We spoke to the Mayor, who unapologetically defended the proposal as “forward thinking”…

They are meeting tonight. They need to hear from Iowans immediately about this stupidity. Tell them how you feel about needing a ‘hall pass’ for your children to play Cowboys and Indians in your backyard.

If they pass it in this town, they can try it in your town next. So please, immediately contact:

• Mayor McCampbell at (319)457-2652 or by emailing mccampbells@burlingtoniowa.org. • Council Member Becky Anderson can be reached at andersonb@burlingtoniowa.org. • Council Member Robert Fleming can be reached at flemmingb@burlingtoniowa.org. • Council Member Tim Scott can be reached at scottt@burlingtoniowa.org. • Council Member Becky Shockley can be reached at shockleyb@burlingtoniowa.org.


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To: servo1969

It is not fiunny. This goes with the punishing of even silently mouthing the syllable “gun” in school. It is training the next generation to fear and hate guns and anyone who doesn’t.


21 posted on 07/21/2014 11:56:29 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: servo1969

What about toy swords, knives, rocket launchers etc.?


22 posted on 07/21/2014 12:02:20 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (Your feelings don't trump my free speech!)
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To: servo1969
Well, I think this law should extend even further. I think Hollywood should be forced to eliminate fake guns as well in their movies and tv shows. Maybe they can have the actors point their fingers to signify where the gun should be or hold up drawings of their weapons. Wouldn't that be comical? Hollywood libs love to jump on the bandwagon against 2nd amendment rights and law-abiding citizens protecting themselves. At the same time they love making movies and tv shows where the heroes are brandishing weapons to protect the innocent.
23 posted on 07/21/2014 12:09:17 PM PDT by Nevadan
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24 posted on 07/21/2014 12:36:32 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: iowamark

WTH? This seems a little uncharacteristic for Burlington.


25 posted on 07/21/2014 3:05:04 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead...)
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To: servo1969

What about fresh fruit?


26 posted on 07/21/2014 3:11:57 PM PDT by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: uglybiker
What about fresh fruit?

What about pointed sticks?

27 posted on 07/21/2014 3:13:11 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: servo1969

EVIL, LEFTIST IDOITS!


28 posted on 07/21/2014 3:18:14 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: dfwgator
What about pointed sticks?

Shaddap!!

29 posted on 07/21/2014 6:25:43 PM PDT by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: Free Vulcan

I think that they are thinking of realistic looking air guns rather than toy guns.

http://wqad.com/2014/07/07/burlington-considering-toy-gun-regulations/


30 posted on 07/22/2014 2:41:57 AM PDT by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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