The Newtown Legislative Council struck down several proposed ordinances that would limit citizens’ ability to carry guns in town following proposals from the national gun reform group, Newtown Action Alliance.
Newtown Action Alliance had spent several years pushing for the proposed ordinances that would limit open carry of firearms, carrying firearms on town property and carrying firearms during demonstrations, but Po Murray, head of the grassroots organization, said the council first took up the matter Wednesday.
Murray, who attended the meeting Wednesday, said the council could have approved sending the ordinances to a committee for review, but since the tally was 6-6 the measures failed to move on for further consideration.