The same old thing (h/t Mike Cox)

Pinecrest is repealing its ban on guns in public parks because a new state law would subject the village to fines if the prohibition remained in place.

It’s called preemption.

“I am angry, disgusted and horrified that they put us in this position. This is a public-safety issue,” [Mayor Cindy] Lerner said in an interview. “This is not the wild, wild west.”

That’s called “pants shitting hysterics”

Lerner doesn’t think guns and parks mix. “What if someone leaves or drops their gun in a park and a child finds it?”

That happened here in Austin a couple of years ago. A gun was found in a local park. Some kids found it, told their parents, who notified police. Gee Mayor Lerner, do you think so little of the children, that they cannot act responsibly? This is why programs like Eddie Eagle were created. By the way, that gun in the park? It belonged to an Austin police officer, K-9 unit. He had taken his dog to the park, and while playing his gun somehow came out of his holster. What if a police officer leaves or drops their gun in their park and a child finds it? Well, seems in this case they stop, don’t touch, leave the area, told an adult. Hrm. Maybe the solution is police shouldn’t have guns either… or maybe we should ban police from parks… or maybe we should teach children about firearms safety and how to be responsible… no no, that’s just silly.

[Village attorney Cynthia] Everett agreed, adding: “If you can’t have it in a school, then why in parks?”

I agree. We shouldn’t be prohibiting the lawful carrying of weapons in schools, or anywhere. Good people are good people. Bad people are bad people. Bad people are not stopped by imaginary lines and boundaries. Bad people are stopped by good people willing to fight and not tolerate bad behavior. Yes, we’ve got the data to back this up.

Mayor Lerner, Ms. Everett, no… we’re not living in the wild, wild west any more. But it does seem you’re still stuck in the past.