In conversations about the town of Pine Bluffs people ask me what was the turning point.

Well it was during one of many conversations with Alex Davison the town attorney, he agreed to call another municipality to see what kind of response they would give.

He asked me if had I called the town of Douglas and I responded “no but I have reviewed their code and it is clean”.

Mr. Davison then put the both of us on conference call and then he dialed Douglas police dept. and told me “to do the talking and he would listen”

A Douglas police officer responded to questioning from myself with “open carry is fine” and that they “agreed with state preemption”.

What happened next is what is what sets the stage, the silence from the town attorney Alex Davison.

What happen to the “push-back” and the “hard stance against open carry”, why had Mr. Davison suddenly become so docile.

I thought to myself he wasn’t really just trying to challenge the law, Mr. Davison really didn’t know that state law preempted municipal law.

This was it I thought to myself, this was the turning point, at this point maybe the town attorney Alex Davison realized that  what I had been trying to tell him was true.

Then he went on to say ”I don’t think you would get that kind of response in Pine Bluffs”.

Well I am sure that the Mayor Leonard Anderson and Council members Bill Cushing, Ann Lansden, Mike Ragsdale, Bill Shain were fully unaware of state preemption as well.

At the town council meeting on March 2, 2009 they did finally accept the fact that open-carry was allowed and also stated they would make changes to their ordinance.

We all know how this works, when the party’s over and everyone goes home, what really happens? freedom-hating politicians do what they do best, ”NOTHING”.

What is important here is that in the beginning the Pine Bluffs Police officers Tom Moran, Brian Yeomans,  Attorney Alex Davison, Mayor Leonard Anderson and the Council members all didn’t know the law or how to interpret the law written in their own books.

As of April 24, 2009 the Laws are unchanged.

Why would they want cling to this set of antiquated laws? You decide.