Thursday, April 10th, 2008
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City passes gun laws, intends to enforce them
Posted by Jordan Osecki on 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: The Drexel Beat
City Council today passed five gun control bills, which are expected to be signed into law by Mayor Nutter today, and he is going to tell the Police Commissioner to enforce them.
The laws include one which restricts handgun purchases to one-per-month, one which forces lost or stolen weapons to be reported within 24 hours, one which forbids people under protection from abuse orders from having guns if a judge orders so, one which would allow police to take firearms from “persons posing a risk of imminent personal injury” to themselves or others, as determined by a judge, and one which would outlaw the possession and sale of certain kinds of assault weapons.
Council members Darrell Clarke and Donna Reed Miller down from nine bills to these five, which they believe can pass a constitutional challenge. The two have sued the state for the right to be able to pass and enforce these laws, but Nutter plans to start enforcing them now. The state currently does not allow municipalities to make their own gun laws.
Source: Inquirer Article
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City changes residency requirement, opens door for student employment
Posted by Jordan Osecki on 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: The Drexel Beat
City Council has changed the pre-hiring residency requirement that forced people to live in Philadelphia prior to getting hired by the city. Philadelphia is the only major city in the country that still had such a residency requirement for Civil Service employees.
Councilman James F. Kenney has spent the last seven years trying to do away with this law and finally has with a 10-7 vote today. The new law was championed by Mayor Nutter because before students who moved from outside the city to go to college at one of Philadelphia’s 83 higher education centers, but did not change their permanent address, were unable to immediately work for the city after graduation.
This was particularly hurtful to Drexel students because there are many co-op slots at city positions, but students would have had to make arrangements if they wanted to continue at one of these co-op spots after graduation.
The new bill still requires that city employees be Philadelphia residents, but now outsiders that are hired have six months after their start date to move into the city.
Source: Inquirer Article
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