Los Gatos: New restrictions approved for gun shops
LOS GATOS -- Nine months after the opening of a gun shop sparked a public outcry, town leaders have approved regulations that severely limit where firearms dealers can operate.
"This clearly allows a gun store to exist in town, whether it's the incumbent relocating or a new one moving in," said Mayor Barbara Spector.
The decision was the end result of protests that began in December, when Templar Sports opened its doors just days after the school massacre in Newton, Conn.
Many residents -- who had no idea a gunshop was coming to town -- felt blindsided. And, the uproar that followed peaked earlier this year when overflow crowds packed public hearings. But the fury calmed considerably when the city started working on the ordinance that landed in front of the Town Council on Monday.
The new rules allow for gun vendors in town, provided they get a permit that must be renewed annually. The vendors also must be at least 250 feet away from youth-oriented businesses, schools, day care centers, government buildings, churches, parks and trails.
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The permit is common sense (but annoying to the radical libertarians). The second part about keeping the store away from those listed areas sounds like pointless NIMBYism and is less acceptable than the permit part.
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the possible places to none, they should have gone to 300 feet to rid those last 3 possibilities.
Do they not do the same thing for abortion clinics? sad when we use the same tactics
