HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2011-065 Resolution Opposing House Bill 111 Regarding Carrying Concealed Weapons in Parks~-~1-I~
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION OPPOSING HOUSE BILL 111
WHEREAS, the North Carolina General Assembly is currently considering House Bill 111,
entitled "A Bill to be Entitled an Act to Allow Persons with Concealed Handgun Permits to
Protect Themselves and Their Families in Restaurants and to Allow a Concealed Handgun
Permittee to Carry a Handgun in a Park"; and
WHEREAS, Orange County is home to significant portions of Eno River State Park; and
WHEREAS, although House Bill 111 authorizes local governments to enact ordinances
prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns in county or city-owned parks, it does not make
such ordinances applicable to State Parks, the boundaries of which are within the jurisdiction
of local governments; and
WHEREAS, Eno River State Park and the Occoneechee State Natural Area are located in
whole or in part in Orange County and are popular parks for families with young children; and
WHEREAS, allowing firearms to be carried in Eno River State Park and the Occoneechee
State Natural Area could endanger those families and young children without significant
benefit;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of County
Commissioners opposes House Bill 111 in its current format and requests the North Carolina
General Assembly remove the provision in the bill that allows the carrying of concealed
weapons in parks.
This the 21St day of June
Bernadette Pelissier, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners
Attest:
Clerk to the Board of Commissioners