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• <br /> !;� City of South Bend <br /> ;; // Common Council <br /> ; <br /> County-City Building•South Bend,Indiana 46601 <br /> 1865 <br /> (219)235-9321 <br /> Fax(219)235-9173 <br /> Stephen Luecke January 9, 1994 <br /> President <br /> Members of the Common Council <br /> Eugene Ladewskl 4th Floor County-City Building <br /> Vice-President South Bend,Indiana 46601 <br /> Thomas Zakrzewskl Re: Bill No. 11-94 <br /> Chairperson,Committee <br /> of the Whole Proposed Anti-Crime Ordinance <br /> Dear Council Members: <br /> Stephen Luecke As an elected public official and concerned resident of our city, I believe that it is <br /> First District time to provide leadership on an important public safety issue affecting our entire <br /> Cleo Washington community. <br /> Second District Our residents, and those people who visit our city, must be able to feel safe and <br /> Roland Kelly secure in their homes, our schools, the places where we work, and in all public <br /> Third District places. It is with that objective in mind, that I introduce the attached anti-crime <br /> ordinance. <br /> Ann Puzzello <br /> Fourth District In summary, this ordinance would focus on the following: <br /> Linas Slavinskas (1) Assault Weapons. <br /> Fifth District <br /> Thomas Zakrzewski It would ban assault weapons with limited exceptions. <br /> Sixth District <br /> (2) Firearms and Minors. <br /> Sean Coleman <br /> At Large * It would require owners of firearms to keep them secure and out <br /> of the reach of children. <br /> Loretta Duda <br /> At Large * It would require licensed firearm dealers to post signs that children <br /> Eugene Ladewski under the age of eighteen (18) cannot have access to such firearms. <br /> At Large <br /> * It would require anyone purchasing a firearm to show proof of <br /> successfully completing a training safety session by the National Rifle Association <br /> or similar agency within sixty (60) days of the purchase date, and the licensed <br /> Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand firearm dealers must post notice of this requirement. <br /> Council Attorney <br /> (3) Firearms and Selected Public Places. <br /> *It would prohibit the carrying of firearms in selected public places such <br /> as schools, hospitals, churches, day cares, governmental buildings and grounds, <br /> and other highly public areas, except for those providing security for those <br /> locations or excepted by other state or federal law. <br />