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Edina council debates contingent gun-safety ordinance, directs staff to refine defensible local measures
Summary
Council reviewed a draft ordinance modeled on Saint Paul that would take effect only if state preemption is lifted; City Attorney David Kendall said the draft ties effectiveness to a council certification to avoid vagueness, while members asked staff to produce immediately enforceable safe-storage and discharge regulations that mirror state law and to hold a public hearing in coming weeks.
After discussing the August 27 school shooting and related public concern, the Edina City Council on Nov. 18 reviewed a draft gun-violence prevention ordinance crafted by the city attorney and modeled on language recently adopted in Saint Paul. City Attorney David Kendall told the council he had modified the effective-date language to reduce legal vagueness: the ordinance "will be effective only if the city issues a resolution certifying that preemption has been lifted," he said.
Kendall warned that several elements would be preempted by state law while noting some measures could be written to mirror state statutes and therefore…
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