NEWTOWN, Conn. — Town officials have unanimously approved a fireཧarms ordinance limiting recreational shooting in Newtown.
The firs🏅t debate on the proposal was held more than a year ago, before the Dec. 14 massacre in which a gunman killed 20 children and six educ🐻ators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Legislative Council President Jeff Capeci🧸 said Monday that the ordinance 🌄 and others who worry about safety and nuisance problems, The News Times reported.
“It’s a good compromise considering the varying interests,” Capeci told the newspaper.
Hu🎐ndreds of people offered about 200 hours of testimony over the cou෴rse of the debate on the ordinance.
The ordinance approved last week by the Legislative Council says no resident may shoot for more than four hours after police are notified and shooting is limited to one person at a time. Target backstops📖 are required and must be 10 feet above the target.
No shooting is allowed within a 🎃half-mile of a school.
The ordinance is targeted at recreational shooting and does not affect hunt🦂ers or gun salutes for memorial♒ events and tributes.