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Brownsburg should be next, I've already put them on notice. I was not interested in getting asked to leave a Town Council meeting for OCing, & then starting a lawsuit, I figured it would be better to ask them change the law. So, this is the email I sent to the town manager:
I got an email back within minutes, stating he would forward the information to the town lawyer. I thought was was pretty good "customer service" coming from a local government.
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Looks like they don't want a lawsuitThe move was made at the suggestion of Town Manager Gary Eakin. He alerted the council about Guy Relford, a Zionsville attorney who has filed lawsuits in Evansville and Hammond because those municipalities still have laws that go against Indiana Senate Bill 292.
Brownsburg should be next, I've already put them on notice. I was not interested in getting asked to leave a Town Council meeting for OCing, & then starting a lawsuit, I figured it would be better to ask them change the law. So, this is the email I sent to the town manager:
Hello Mr. Kleinhenz,
I am a local resident, & have a concern with one of Brownsburg's current ordinances. According to the website I found, the Town prohibits firearms in any government buildings:
FIREARM. Any weapon which is capable of, designed to or that may be readily converted to expel a projectile, whether by means of an explosion, by the use of compressed air, compressed gas, or otherwise.
TOWN OF BROWNSBURG GOVERNMENT BUILDING. Includes, without limitation, the Town Hall, Police Station, Fire Station No. 2 and the Police/Fire Facility (Fire Station No. 1).
(`92 Code, § 6-166) (Ord. 96-10, passed 4-11-96)
§ 37.16 DEADLY WEAPONS PROHIBITED.
Except as provided in § 37.17, a person shall not possess on or about his person within any Town government building, any deadly weapon.
(`92 Code, § 6-167) (Ord. 96-10, passed 4-11-96) Penalty, see § 37.99
Indiana Code (specifically SB 292 passed July 1st, 2011) prohibits local political subdivisions from regulating (prohibiting the legal carry of) firearms on any government property unless it is a school, or the building has a court room inside it. Obviously the police station building would be covered because it has a court room in it, but besides that building and the schools, Brownsburg is violating state law by prohibiting firearms in "any Town government building".
I have no intention of showing up at a town council meeting openly carrying a firearm, but what I am afraid of is the Town has clearly made themselves the target of a lawsuit they cannot win. Our tax money here in Brownsburg is stretched far enough already, without having to pay out a lawsuit settlement because the Town is unaware they are going against State law, or has decided they don't agree with the law.
I happen to know a lawyer that is aggressively pursuing local governments on this issue. Since I live here in Brownsburg & since I am a 2nd Amendment Advocate, he asked me to get clarification from the town on their ordinance before he proceeded with legal action. His name is Guy A. Relford, & if you do a Google search including his name & the term 'lawsuit', I'm sure you will be able to find a couple of lawsuits he has already started.
Please let me know what you find out this, and what the town plans to do moving forward.
Thanks,
I got an email back within minutes, stating he would forward the information to the town lawyer. I thought was was pretty good "customer service" coming from a local government.