See where Easton's mayor wants guns banned in his city.

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By Rudy Miller | For lehighvalleylive.com

on June 28, 2016 at 12:51 PM, updated June 28, 2016 at 2:50 PM
Easton's mayor said he plans to introduce a bill banning guns in public buildings and parks.

Mayor Sal Panto Jr. said the move comes after Pennsylvania's Supreme Court threw out a law that would make municipalities
vulnerable to lawsuits for regulating guns.

"You can't take a gun into a Northampton County Council meeting because it's in the courthouse and you can't take it into the
capitol building (in Harrisburg) but you can bring a gun into city hall," the mayor said at last week's city council meeting.
He said on June 22 he would introduce the new legislation in two to four weeks.

He said he'd also reintroduce a bill that would require Easton residents to report lost or stolen guns to the police. The mayor
worries too many felons get guns in their hands because they use guns that were "lost" when they can't legally obtain them.
Easton Mayor Sal Panto may push for law on lost and stolen handguns.

An earlier version of his lost gun bill was defeated in 2008. Easton and other cities backed off gun bills when Act 192 of 2014
made them vulnerable to lawsuits and could have forced them to pay the litigants' legal bills.
But the state Supreme Court found Act 192 unconstitutional on June 20.

Panto said a ban on guns in parks makes sense and should help put residents at ease.

"We had to change our parks rules to say 'no discharging of weapons in city parks' but you can certainly openly carry, and that
scares the heck out of little kids," Panto said at the council meeting.

A group of Democratic lawmakers plus the cities of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Lancaster challenged the new law, contending
that lawmakers didn't follow constitutional procedure for passing legislation, according to pennlive.com.
The defeated law had the backing of the National Rifle Association.

Rudy Miller may be reached at rmiller@lehighvalleylive.com. Follow him on Twitter @RudyMillerLV. Find Easton area news on
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[steve_010]

Blah blah blah preemption.

Also, how does reporting a stolen firearm prevent said firearm being used in a crime? IT DOESN'T! Just makes you a criminal for not reporting it.

[armabill]

So only the criminals will be carrying guns in the park. And we can't defend ourselves cause we will be weaponless. And what kids were sacred for seeing a gun, what are their names mayor?

[Berks_Iraq_Vet]

Stupid son of a bitch. Drop dead.

[rwilson452]

Tell him fine make illegal to have a gun in the park but make it with no exception for LEO types either. then see how that floats.

[PocketProtector]

So he's inviting ISIS to attack? Dey luv dos soft targets

[Hodgie]

No shit head it scares the little kids pussy parents, little kids do not fear anything unless they are taught to.

[Qtrborecrazy]

Print a copy of the story and mail it to your senator/rep and tell them this is why we need SB1330. I plan on doing this.

[Hodgie]

I'm thinking a PAFOA open carry summer family picnic in easton sounds like fun.

[BimmerJon]

Should be an instant felony for anyone that breaks preemption