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REGULAR MEETING <br />FEBRUARYI2, 2001 <br />to speak about the bill that restricts Home Rule with the powers granted to local <br />municipalities by the state law. Ms. Clark stated that she is concerned about the safety for <br />children and adults in our community as it relates to gun control. <br />Ms. Clark stated that it is unfortunate that there is not a state law that would restrict carrying <br />firearms into hospitals, day care centers and schools and religious facilities. She stated that <br />she believes the City needs to pursue ways to change this. The Center for Survey Research <br />at Indiana University was commissioned by the Indiana Partnership To Prevent Firearm <br />Violence to survey Hoosiers regarding gun control issues this past Fall. Of the one thousand <br />nineteen (1,019) Hoosiers surveyed, seventy -three percent (73 %) support stricter handgun <br />measures. It also showed that about one -half ( %2) of Indiana homes have firearms compared <br />to a national average of about forty per cent (40 %). Of the Hoosier homes with guns, about <br />thirty per cent (30 %) have handguns. This is about eight per cent (8 %) higher than the <br />national average. Ms. Clark indicated that the Chicago Chapter of Physicians for Social <br />Responsibility are asking their physicians and nurses to counsel their patients about guns as <br />they would any deadly disease and she distributed one of their flyers. Ms. Clark stated that <br />it is time to support the gun related measures on file in our General Assembly. <br />ADJOURNMENT <br />There being no further business to come before the Council, President Pfeifer adjourned the meeting <br />at 8:30 p.m. <br />ATTEST: <br />PJ !Pa, CAy Clerk <br />ATTEST: <br />Charlotte Pfeifer, Preside <br />