| Las Vegas City employees can now carry on the job! |
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| Written by Administrator | |
| Friday, 19 January 2001 | |
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Las Vegas city employees soon will be allowed to carry guns at work under a new policy, provided they have a state-issued concealed-weapons permit.
The policy change comes nearly two months after Mayor Oscar Goodman called for a ban on all firearms at City Hall and said their presence had a "chilling effect" on city employees. Goodman's comments referred to City Councilman Michael McDonald, a political foe of the mayor's who frequently brought firearms to his 10th-floor council office. Under the old policy, any city employee wishing to carry a gun at work had to get written permission from the city manager's office. The new policy is designed to conform to a state law that allows any public employee who has a concealed-weapons permit to carry a firearm at work. More |