The proposed policy change deals with activities in common areas. So, the discharge of weapons would be prohibited in common areas, but by default this proposal allows residents (with a gun license) to drive the streets, walk in front of my home, and carry (with a concealed carry permit ) a loaded or unloaded concealed weapon, in all common areas of the Lake including buildings, clubhouse, golf course, playgrounds, etc. A second reading will be presented, Thursday, March 26, and then it becomes policy.
There are a number of problems with this. A child was recently killed in a park by police who did not know the weapon he was carrying was a toy, even though the dispatcher indicated that might be the case. What about a loaded rifle racked in plain view in a car or truck and someone breaks in a steals it. I have a vague recollection that cars are routinely broken into at the Lake. Do you believe this is not going to happen? What about the fellow who is just a little off his game, has a little too much to drink, gets angry or a myriad of other scenarios and has a loaded weapon at his hip? The chairman of the Safety and Security Committee indicated that it was actually safer to carry a loaded weapon because more accidents happen when weapons are being loaded than just carried. What about children who pick up a loaded weapon?
I really think I am in a time machine and have been transported back to the Wild West.