The reenactment was to include firing black powder muskets as a part of the history lesson, but the group was told that’s against the rules. According to a city law which says you cannot “Use, maintain, possess, fire, or discharge any firearm.” [More]Yep -- and it's ironic, considering the Red Coats being the "Only Ones" authorized to bear arms was what gave us something to reenact in the first place. Under "Park Regulations":
9.36.061 Firearms, air guns, and other weapons. No person other than peace officers in the discharge of their duties shall use, maintain, possess, fire, or discharge any firearm, air gun, spring gun, bow and arrow, slingshot, or any other weapon potentially dangerous to wildlife or human safety, except in areas, at times, and under conditions designated by the Director for such use.It could be that there are certain lawfully-enacted steps that must be followed for rule waivers, including notification and public comment periods, and that safety and liability considerations would need to be satisfied. That said, if the park district has known about this since "late last year," there's not much reason why that couldn't have been worked out by now except bureaucrats behaving like bureacrats.
My guess is if they really wanted to, they could have.
So who is "the Director"? And which council members have not been working to resolve this?
Any chance they could be "incentivized"?
Pretty sure black powder muzzle loading muskets are not "firearms" under federal law and therefore not on the included prohibited list. Also, if no projectile is used, they wouldn't fall under the general prohibition of weapons potentially dangerous to wildlife.
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