Portage considers new ordinance to ban discharging weapons within city limits
By
Doug Ross
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Summary
Portage City Attorney Dan Bortnicki is working on an ordinance to prohibit discharging weapons within city limits, with an exception for shooting ranges that meet specified standards. The effort began when the police department asked whether shooting guns in the city was illegal, leading Bortnicki to research approximately 30 years of legislative history where pistols and rifles had been removed from previous ordinances.
Key quotes
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Then Bortnicki went into a deep dive of about 30 years of lawmaking.
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