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MEMO <br /> DATE : May 1, 1998 <br /> TO Planning Commission <br /> FROM : Jim March <br /> RE Amendment to Ordinance #5 - Discharge of Firearms <br /> ********************************** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** <br /> The police department has had some difficulties in trying to <br /> enforce Ordinance #5 the way that it is currently written. This <br /> item has been referred to the Planning Commission by the City <br /> Council. The main issue is that the current Ordinance does not <br /> eliminate the discharge of firearms (shotguns) that emit multiple <br /> projectiles within the corporate limits. Duck hunters, trap- <br /> shooters, etc. are not banned from discharging their firearms as <br /> long as they are shooting multiple projectiles. This item needs <br /> to be amended in the current Ordinance. <br /> Enclosed in your packet is a copy of the Weapons Ordinance that <br /> was adopted this year by the City of Circle Pines. The Circle <br /> Pines Ordinance also defines other weapons of less than mass <br /> destruction. I would recommend adopting the same Ordinance to <br /> have consistency within the Cities for the enforcement by the <br /> police department. <br /> 1 <br />