Carson, CA Mayor’s Anti-Gun Plan Blocked By Gun Rights Activists

By Tom Knighton

Carson, California isn’t a big place, but it’s located right smack dab in the middle of the most liberal part of California. As such, their mayor’s recent plan to essentially ban guns in the city sure could look like a slam dunk for those of us not there. At least, it would be a slam dunk until the courts got involved, at which point it was likely to be smacked down and smacked down hard.

Well, it seems we didn’t have to wait for the courts.

The Carson City Council this week deadlocked in an attempt by Mayor Al Robles to pass a gun-control ordinance that would have effectively ended all firearm sales in the city.

With Councilwoman Lula Davis-Holmes absent and gun-rights advocates assailing the proposal as an erosion of their constitutional rights, the ordinance stalled 2-2 late Tuesday, Sept. 17, after two hours of heated public discussion.

Robles pitched the ordinance because of what he called the recent “epidemic” of mass shootings across the nation. The move sparked a reaction on social media that the mayor called “crazy” and prompted about a dozen Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies to be on watch inside Council Chambers.

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Source:: Bearing Arms