New Mexic Mayor lifts gun ban at Town Council meetings
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:09 pm
Mayor lifts gun ban at Town Council meetings
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More at link aboveSILVER CITY - On Tuesday night, Silver City Mayor James Marshall quickly rescinded a ban on bringing weapons into Silver City Town Council meetings that he had enacted at the Jan. 10 town council meeting.
Mayor Marshall addressed a full room of residents at Tuesday's night's town council meeting, telling attendees he was going to "take back" the ban and later explained he realized it was unconstitutional, based on a New Mexico Supreme Court case, Baca v. New Mexico Department of Public Safety.
Marshall said he had a whole week of support,