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Residents question Monroe County role in gun-safety pilot and school surveys
Summary
Public commenters at the Monroe County Commissioners meeting challenged the county’s role as a pilot for a Community Partnership for Gun Safety and criticized school surveys, citing local youth firearm deaths and disputing a claim that 75% of county residents are legal gun owners.
Public concern about Monroe County’s selection as a pilot for a Community Partnership for Gun Safety drew several speakers at the Monroe County Commissioners meeting.
Nick Pistachio told the board he objected to 'various groups, grants, and surveys being conducted in our schools on gun violence,' calling those tactics 'a subversive assault' on constitutional rights and saying the education system and grant-making institutions have been used to…
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