Sesrun
Regular Member
Found a section of Roanoke County, Virginia, Code of Ordinances that is preempted yet still on the books. I figured that if I'm going to carry that I would scour the Code of Ordinances of places I frequent often.
Sent an email as follows:
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To: phaislip@roanokecountyva.gov
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Mr. Pete Haislep, Director
Roanoke County Parks and Recreation Department
1206 Kessler Mill Rd.
Salem, VA 24153
May 4, 2011
Mr. Haislep,
It has come to my attention that there is an invalid and unenforceable ordinance published in Roanoke County's Code of Ordinances; Chapter 15 - Parks and Recreation, Section 15-8 - Prohibited uses of parks, Item #6: "Hunting and firearms."
http://library.municode.com/HTML/12222/level2/PTICOCO_CH15PARE.html#PTICOCO_CH15PARE_S15-8PRUSPA
This ordinance is clearly in violation of the Code of Virginia § 15.2-915. Control of firearms; applicability to authorities and local governmental agencies: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+15.2-915 (attached).
Please advise me as to how Roanoke County will correct this situation.
Your attention to this matter is appreciated and I look forward to your early response.
Sincerely,
Ryan (lastname)
(my address)
cc:
Mr. Ray Lavinder, Chief of Police
rkern@roanokecountyva.gov
Public Safety Center
5925 Cove Rd.
Roanoke, VA 24019
Mr. Paul Mahoney, County Attorney
pmahoney@roanokecountyva.gov
Roanoke County Atorney's Office
5204 Bernard Dr.
Fourth Floor
Roanoke, VA 24018
Mr. Michael Winston, Sherrif
mwinston@roanokecountyva.gov
Roanoke County Sheriff's Department
401 E. Main St.
Salem, VA 24153
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Borrowed the letter format as was previous suggested.
"No sense reinventing the wheel every time one of these comes up."
Will post a response when and if one is received.
Sent an email as follows:
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To: phaislip@roanokecountyva.gov
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Mr. Pete Haislep, Director
Roanoke County Parks and Recreation Department
1206 Kessler Mill Rd.
Salem, VA 24153
May 4, 2011
Mr. Haislep,
It has come to my attention that there is an invalid and unenforceable ordinance published in Roanoke County's Code of Ordinances; Chapter 15 - Parks and Recreation, Section 15-8 - Prohibited uses of parks, Item #6: "Hunting and firearms."
http://library.municode.com/HTML/12222/level2/PTICOCO_CH15PARE.html#PTICOCO_CH15PARE_S15-8PRUSPA
This ordinance is clearly in violation of the Code of Virginia § 15.2-915. Control of firearms; applicability to authorities and local governmental agencies: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+15.2-915 (attached).
Please advise me as to how Roanoke County will correct this situation.
Your attention to this matter is appreciated and I look forward to your early response.
Sincerely,
Ryan (lastname)
(my address)
cc:
Mr. Ray Lavinder, Chief of Police
rkern@roanokecountyva.gov
Public Safety Center
5925 Cove Rd.
Roanoke, VA 24019
Mr. Paul Mahoney, County Attorney
pmahoney@roanokecountyva.gov
Roanoke County Atorney's Office
5204 Bernard Dr.
Fourth Floor
Roanoke, VA 24018
Mr. Michael Winston, Sherrif
mwinston@roanokecountyva.gov
Roanoke County Sheriff's Department
401 E. Main St.
Salem, VA 24153
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Borrowed the letter format as was previous suggested.
"No sense reinventing the wheel every time one of these comes up."
Will post a response when and if one is received.