A Philadelphia judge has granted a permanent injunction against Mayor Kenney's recently signed executive order that banned guns from the city's recreations spaces and facilities, according to court documents.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed an executive order to abn guns at recreation facilities in the city last week.Mayor Kenney's recently signed executive order that banned guns from the city's recreations spacesThe judge's order came Monday in response to a lawsuit from Gun Owners of America.
"Pools, playgrounds and rec centers are no place for a gun," the mayor said. "It's unconscionable that anyone would bring deadly weapons to places where our city's children gather.". Fletcher, a 41-year-old mother of three, was fatally shot while sweeping a playground.Kenney says "senseless violence" claimed Fletcher's life, calling her funeral "one of the hardest" he ever attended.
Philadelphia's recreation facilities have become the scene of nearly 200 "gun battles, incidents of violence and loss of life" since 2019, according to Parks and Rec Commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell. "We are banning weapons from recreation facilities to protect the children and families of Philadelphia, and our treasured staff, from gun violence and to restore a sense of safety to our playgrounds, pools, recreational courts, fields, and rec centers," Lovell said.
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