Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: gun ownership/possession in co-housing

[Rebecca J. Hogue (rjhogue]

The RCMP<https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firearms> defines firearms as 
non-restricted, restricted, and 
prohibited<https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firearms/classes-firearms>.

We use the term firearms and crossbows.

We have a separate policy for non-firearm/crossbow weapons:


  *   Non-firearm/crossbow weapons include but are not limited to those which 
can be used for ceremony, athletics, and martial arts.
     *   Ceremony.  Some objects are called weapons, but are not intended for 
violent acts. For example, maces and swords. In some religions, members wear 
ceremonial items. For example, some members of the Sikh religion wear a kirpan, 
a small replica sword.
     *   Athletics. Some sports equipment might be considered weaponry. For 
example, for the sports of fencing and archery.
Martial arts. There are hundreds of different weapons used in the martial arts. 
Some are used for fighting and others to practice self defense.



From: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l-bounces+rhogue=pobox.com [at] cohousing.org> on 
behalf of Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Date: Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 12:34 PM
To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Cc: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ gun ownership/possession in co-housing
> On Sep 20, 2022, at 2:19 PM, Rebecca J. Hogue <rjhogue [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Being in Canada, we didn’t have as much of a concern about people who might 
> need it for work – as our policy officers leave their guns at the office – 
> they wouldn’t need to be storing them at home.  We thought through it, and 
> came up with a no weapons policy using the same language that the town we 
> live in uses for their bylaws.

How does the policy define “weapons”?

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org




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