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about the waste of money than they could spare us all by not administering this at all. The people have organized an assault on the people' s civil fights. This is how the government works and the people complaining should accept that. David Stauffer, 1955 Brooktree Way, thought this ended Saturday. He thought nothing would happen until the second reading. He said people were properly notified about the July 12 meeting, but for tonight's meeting people were not notified. Mayor Tarver said the public would be notified if the Council decides to reconsider the ordinance going on the ballot. Mr. Stauffer also said there were no statistics that confirmed how many times a gun had been used for murder, rape, robbery, and breakins. He said law enforcement does not support this ordinance. He agreed with putting this on the ballot. Ms. Dennis commented that if anyone wished to get a copy of the article published by the office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion from the Public Health Service, they should contact the City Clerk's office. Cindy McGovern, 9206 Longview Drive, commented there is no need for a City Council if everything would be going to the vote of the people. She was dismayed with the reasons people had to keep junk guns. She did not believe God truly wanted the people to arm themselves. She said it was ludicrous to believe a war would be fought with junk guns. She said the forefathers of the United States had no idea how advanced society would become. She felt children are not raised today with the same values. She said this junk gun ordinance needed to be passed to keep Pleasanton a safe, loving community. People in the community have the opportunity to get the ordinance appealed, if they so desired. Stu Fleck, 4763 Nicol, Livermore, wanted to make Council aware of what happened in Livermore when this issue was put to vote. Some of the things that happened were intimidation, vandalism, people threatening others and division of the community. Dorothy Piper, said she was dismayed over all the issues. People wanted to remove the guns and/or the vote issue. She believed Pleasanton is a safe community. It saddened her to see the people separated by this issue. Judy Symcox, 1450 Groth Circle, commented the founding fathers had multiple weapons in their homes in order to achieve what needed to be done. She said when the society was more rural, children were raised with multiple guns in the homes. She felt there was no problem in Pleasanton that needed to be addressed. The ordinance will only be costly to administer and is unenforceable. She told Council there were already nine bills in Sacramento. She said she is ready to handle the ballot initiative. She agreed the ordinance needed to be rewritten. She said the fight to vote would be the cheapest and fairest way to go. If this does not go to vote, a Pleasanton City Council 07/15/97 Minutes 8