The ordinance gave community members a sense of hope. “And anything that’s going to remind them that it is even scarier than they think, like seeing a gun shop as they’re walking to school, I am against.”Īfter the meeting, Oxman and a small group of people hugged and celebrated in the Lower Merion administrative building lobby. “It is a scary world right now for children going to school and for their parents and their grandparents,” Finkelstein said. Linda Finkelstein, 69, of Penn Valley, attended the meeting after learning about the ordinance on Wednesday. Residents said they simply don’t want gun shops near their homes and schools. McNeely said the ordinance would only impact prospective businesses and not “anyone in the Township that already is a licensed firearms dealer of any kind.” Residents started a petition requesting the township close the business, which gathered more than 3,000 signatures.Īccording to Lower Merion Township Manager Ernie McNeely, Shot Tec is the only firearms business in the township, outside of people who sell from their homes. The fight for sales regulation ignited last year when a firearms business, Shot Tec, opened close to Oxman’s home in Bala Cynwyd near multiple schools, including Cynwyd Elementary School and Bala Cynwyd Middle School.
PNC C-Speak: The Language of Executives.Now, it’s time to find better ways to interact with you and ensure we meet your high standards of what a credible media organization should be. The days of journalism’s one-way street of simply producing stories for the public have long been over.
0 kommentar(er)
