Marco Island city leaders are considering new rules to penalize people who leave weapons unattended on city property, following two recent incidents where police found loaded guns at a city park.
In early June, a city worker found a loaded 9mm handgun near a pool table at Mackle Park’s Community Center shortly before the start of kid’s summer camp. Similarly in April of 2024, police say a person left a gun at the local dog park.
WATCH AS NEIGHBORS WEIGH IN ON PENALIZING IRRESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS:
Marco Island considers strict fines for leaving weapons unattended in public
“I’d like to propose a change to our zoning, which is permissible to make it a finable offense to leave a dangerous item abandoned or unattended in our parks and government properties,” Councilman Stephen Gray said at the June 16th city council meeting…