Dive summary:
- Residents of Correll County, Maryland got a more than 20-year old ban reversed that prohibited firearms at the local landfill by pointing out to county officials that the law was against the second amendment.
- The letter of protest was from the Second Amendment Foundation and the gun rights group told the county it didn’t have the authority to prohibit people from carrying their guns onto the property.
- Guns are permitted at other county properties but have been banned from landfills since 1992.
From the article:
County Attorney Tim Burke told the newspaper that the letter from the gun rights group informed the county that it did not have the authority to prohibit permit holders from carrying weapons at waste facilities.
Firearms have been prohibited at waste sites since 1992, according to the Times. Guns are permitted at other county facilities.
"If it's OK to bring a gun into [the Carroll County Office Building] why is it not OK to bring a gun to the Northern Landfill?" Commissioner Dave Roush told the newspaper. ...