Meeting Exercise - Gun Ban

Lede:
Mayor Gregory J. Heep prohibited firearms by issuing an executive order on all property owned by the city of Pulltown today.

1st quote:
Carla Worthingham, 36, whose 10-year-old daughter was blinded by a drive by shooting outside the Pullman Public Library last June, spoke out in agreement for the gun-free policy.
“It’s madness to bring guns to public gathering places. It only invites disaster,” Worthingham said. “My daughter lost her eyesight in the name of some idiot’s right to take a gun to the library? That’s unreasonable.”

Guts:
The executive order directs city departments to report back to the mayor’s office within 30 days with gun-free policy plan. The order follows the May 24 shooting at Folklife Festival which injured three people. This order does not require City Council approval but there will be a public hearing tonight at 6 p.m. at the City Hall.

2nd quote:
Single mother Keri Calendar, 29, has other opinions on the gun-free policy after a burglar broke into her home in 2007.
“I have the right to protect myself, whether it’s at home or in public,” Calendar said. “Any sort of ban restricts my constitutional rights.”