Without fanfare, the Hernando County Commission voted to abolish the county's gun ordinance this morning. Even though the commissioners did not discuss the merits of the ordinance, they did take time to thank Commissioners Atkins for bringing the issue to their attention. Apparently the effort to abolish the gun ordinance was formulated at the C.O.A.T. committee where Atkins is the chairman.
Abolishing this ordinance actually does away with the 3-day waiting period to purchase guns in the Hernando County. Apparently each county was given the option of writing an ordinance to enact this "3-day" waiting period.
In my opinion, I believe a 3-day waiting period serves a useful purpose. It is meant to have a cooling down affect for anyone wanting to purchase a gun. The 3-day period gives the gun buyer the opportunity to become rational before picking up the firearm.
Time will tell if the decision to abolish this gun ordinance was a wise decision...
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This refers to only rifles as explained by Commissioner Russell at a meeting last night. This ordinance was enacted by the liberal dominated Hernando County Commission a few years ago and anyone could go to Pasco or Sumter County and not wait the three days. Hopefully this is the first of many ridiculous ordinances to be eliminated by the COAT Board.
Why does one get the feeling that if Mr. Adkins had recommended keeping the ordinance, you would have ridiculed him for doing so.
Anon 2: I find it interesting that you & your friends are so quick to jump without having any fact based information to base your hair-brained conclusions on...
if he said the sky was blue you would say it is yellow.. not that it matters because you have no influence anyway
Actually, I would have said it was green; kind of like the color of money that I have suggested will be saved throughout the county on the budget...
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