A bill for an ordinance amending the weapons and missiles division of the offenses chapter of the Denver Revised Municipal Code and the parks and recreation chapter of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to prohibit firearms in city-owned or leased buildings and city parks. Amends Chapters 38 & 39 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to prohibit concealed carry within city parks and buildings owned by, leased by, or leased to the city. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 4-27-22.
12 Eyes Council Bill 20 2-424 has been adopted. Madam Secretary, would you please put the next item up on our screen? Councilmember CdeBaca, would you please go ahead with your comments on 20 2-401, please. Again, just a notice on record that you all have an amendment in your inbox to remove the parks, public parks from Bill 22, Dash 0401. This would be more aligned with how other people have implemented bans in city owned spaces. They often identify public facilities, physical buildings, and not necessarily the outdoors. And so this will be on your desk as well for next week. Thank you, Councilmember CdeBaca. Councilmember Flynn. Thank you, Madam President. I also look forward to next week. I'll vote yes to advance this to publication, but I remain very skeptical that this bill actually does anything. We've not yet been presented any evidence that it will result in any positive outcome, that there's a problem that needs to be solved by this. And I share Councilwoman Celia Barker's concerns that she's expressed in committee over where this where this bill's weaknesses are and where its unintended consequences might be. So I do look forward to receiving any any data that shows this would actually address a problem, rather than simply be a performative piece of legislation that sends messages, but that results