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Gun ban signs at library removed
Notices of a gun ban have been removed at the Jackson-Madison County Library’s north branch, said Richard Salmons, library director.
Salmons said the signs were taken down over the weekend, though he did not know specifically why. But firearms are still banned under library policy, he said.
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Michael Stone, the board member who called for the discussion, said he got what he wanted when the signs came down.
“It’s pretty much a given you don’t take a gun in the library to begin with, and you don’t need that kind of gaudy signage,” Stone said. “I don’t think anybody’s going to come in with one to begin with.”
Well, bad guys don’t give a flying flip about bans, so it doesn’t make a bit of difference to them. Only law abiding folks are the ones who are affected.
Griffin posted the signs after a regular visitor asked if he could bring a gun into the small branch in the Kroger shopping center off North Highland Avenue.
The man told library staff that he had left his gun, which he has a permit to carry, in his car and that he did not know if the library was among the places where he was not allowed to carry the weapon.
There are a lot of places that don’t allow guns, but that doesn’t stop folks from carrying them. If there’s no metal detector, how would anyone know, unless of course, you are stupid enough to show it to them, or ask a dumb question.
The signs upset gun permit holders, including City Councilman Randy Wallace. Wallace told The Jackson Sun this month that he thought the notices would attract criminals to the library by advertising the fact that no one is armed there.
Yup…. those little signs do attract the criminal element, like at schools, post offices, churches, etc. They should ALL be removed!
