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Question regarding City Hall no guns posting

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I am sure this falls into the category of "stupid question", but here goes.
The Mayor of the Village of Ruidoso New Mexico has banned handguns in all village buildings. I am not too up on New Mexico laws, but this seems unconstitutional to me. Here is a link to a local news report.

http://www.kvia.com/news/29169518/detail.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I was having a conversation with a friend about this and giving my opinion that this act is unconstitutional. My friend pointed out that El Paso City Hall bans guns. True. I started to think about it though, and I don't know what right they would have to do this at El Paso City Hall. There are no courts there that I am aware of but there are government meetings (if you can consider what El Paso has government), and while I understand that government meetings are off limits, can no carry be extended to the whole building at all times?

I have read the Texas Laws back and forth, but my feeble mind is not seeing how City Hall has the right to ban handguns, so I submit the question to those of you smarter than I...which is pretty much all of you.

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karder wrote:I am sure this falls into the category of "stupid question", but here goes.
The Mayor of the Village of Ruidoso New Mexico has banned handguns in all village buildings. I am not too up on New Mexico laws, but this seems unconstitutional to me. Here is a link to a local news report.

http://www.kvia.com/news/29169518/detail.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I was having a conversation with a friend about this and giving my opinion that this act is unconstitutional. My friend pointed out that El Paso City Hall bans guns. True. I started to think about it though, and I don't know what right they would have to do this at El Paso City Hall. There are no courts there that I am aware of but there are government meetings (if you can consider what El Paso has government), and while I understand that government meetings are off limits, can no carry be extended to the whole building at all times?

I have read the Texas Laws back and forth, but my feeble mind is not seeing how City Hall has the right to ban handguns, so I submit the question to those of you smarter than I...which is pretty much all of you.

Thanks
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You will see tons of threads on that very topic on this forum.

In a nutshell, and in a very general answer, NO, they cannot legally post a 30.06 sign at City Hall.
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Purplehood wrote:In a nutshell, and in a very general answer, NO, they cannot legally post a 30.06 sign at City Hall.
They do it anyway. Same as posting 30.06 signs at gun shows on government property imho.

It really drives home low little they respect the rule of law, the constitution, and human rights.
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