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Hopewell council narrows proposed firearms ban to city buildings after hours of public comment
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After more than an hour of public comment and council debate, Hopewell city council agreed to remove parks from a proposed ordinance that would prohibit firearms in city buildings and directed staff to publish a revised draft for a vote in two weeks.
Councilors in Hopewell on Tuesday moved to strip parks from a proposed ordinance that would bar firearms from certain city property and directed staff to circulate a revised draft for formal action at the council’s next meeting.
The discussion followed an extended public-comment period in which dozens of residents and outside advocates urged opposing positions. “This ordinance will inadvertently put vulnerable individuals and law-abiding citizens at a greater risk,” Amanda Barnett, a Ward 4 resident who works at the city library, told the council, arguing that removing…
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