Pittsburgh City Councilman Wants To Ban Guns From City Parks After Protest

By Tom Knighton

A city councilman in Pittsburgh got a bit miffed by reality. It seems that last month during a protest in that city’s Mellon Park, some firearms were present. Councilman Dan Gilman has decided that even though nothing actually happened, guns in city parks have got to go.

Pittsburgh Councilman Dan Gilman said he was astonished last month to see people carrying assault rifles in Mellon Park.

Gilman, whose council district includes the East End park, said the group showed up during a series of protests that broke out in Pittsburgh following a violent Aug. 12 clash between white supremacists and counter-demonstrators in Charlottesville, N.C.

The Squirrel Hill Democrat said he was unaware that the city had no ordinance prohibiting firearms in city parks. Gilman hopes to change that Tuesday by introducing legislation that would ban firearms in the parks.

A South Fayette man, who represents a statewide gun-owners group, said state law prohibits municipalities from enacting gun regulations.

Kim Stolfer, president of the group Firearms Owners Against Crime, noted that Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court last year overturned an ordinance enacted in Lower Merion Township near Philadelphia that prohibited people from carrying unlicensed firearms in its parks.

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Source:: Bearing Arms