Franklin county to consider rule to ban air guns in Lanark Village

                Franklin County is considering an ordinance to control the use of air guns in Lanark Village.

The board is taking the action in response to complaints from Lanark Village residents who say that children in the neighborhood are abusing pellet guns and BB guns and there is currently nothing anyone can do about it.

Lanark resident Richard Fravel said there are a number of families in Lanark that do not supervise their children and now that summer is here and school is out the kids are running loose in the community.

He said the children are testing the limits of civility and the law.

Mister Fravel asked that the county pass an ordinance banning the discharge of pellet guns, BB guns and slingshots in the Lanark Village community, so when the sheriff’s department responds to the next call they can actually do something about it.

Commissioners said similar ordinances already exist in the cities of Carrabelle and Apalachicola and they did not see a problem creating one for Lanark Village.

At this time the ordinance will not impact other areas of the county.

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