A Gunbarrel resident is urging Longmont leaders to draft and adopt a gun-safety ordinance that would ban assault weapons.
Kimberly Gibbs told City Council members Tuesday night that Longmont’s measure would ideally include bans on “military-style assault weapons” and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
The request did not draw immediate reaction from council members, though some have suggested a community forum might be appropriate to discuss ways to prevent gun violence in Longmont following the massacre last month at a school in Parkland, Fla.
The suggestion, though, was alarming to Jake Tiff, an employee of Grandpa’s Pawn & Gun in Longmont. On Wednesday, he said such an ordinance “could put us out of business.”
He said that while purchases of semi-automatic AR-15-style firearms can be made by people who pass background checks, most purchases of fully-automatic rifles are already prohibited and have been banned for years.
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