Indiana

Gunfight at the Indy Corral

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

The Indianapolis City-County Council Parks and Recreation Committee tonight will hear Libertarian Ed Coleman’s proposal which would allow guns in city parks.    Depsite the fact, the Mayor has already said he will veto the proposal in its current form, the Coleman proposal is running into strong headwinds from other Council members.

While some members tell me they would vote for the measure if it got to the full body, they are extremely upset over how the measure came forward.  They say Coleman never floated the idea by any other members of the Council before introducing it and they doubt if he is willing to do the work that it will take to navigate the proposal through the amendment process.  

They point to Coleman’s proposal to put city contracts on-line in order to achieve more transparency, however it was Councilmember Bob Lutz who did all the work and heavy lifting to make sure the contract were put on-line, but also protected proprietary information.

Several Councilors also cite the fact the National Rifle Association has been cool to the plan as well.

By my count, if the plan went to the floor today, it would fail.   It might pass with a lot of work and a lot of amenedments.  The real question is will Coleman be willing to do the work and shepard the proposal through?   That remains to be seen.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on February 25, 2010 (boomark / email).