SARASOTA - Despite city commissioners' unanimous personal support for a resolution calling for new limits on "military-grade, high-capacity magazine assault weapons," the threat of litigation over the measure ultimately doomed it Monday night.
The City Commission voted 4-1 — with only Commissioner Suzanne Atwell in support — to oppose the resolution that would have urged state and federal lawmakers to institute stricter gun controls after the shooting deaths of 49 victims at the Orlando Pulse nightclub last week, including Eddie Sotomayor Jr., 34, of Sarasota.
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They only voted it down because their attorney told them that they would most likely be sued, and they would have to personally pay their own legal fees.
The City Commission voted 4-1 — with only Commissioner Suzanne Atwell in support — to oppose the resolution that would have urged state and federal lawmakers to institute stricter gun controls after the shooting deaths of 49 victims at the Orlando Pulse nightclub last week, including Eddie Sotomayor Jr., 34, of Sarasota.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20160620/article/160629978?p=1&tc=pg
They only voted it down because their attorney told them that they would most likely be sued, and they would have to personally pay their own legal fees.
