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Tamworth Selectmen Willie Farnum and John Roberts chose to keep in place unlawful and unethical firearms restrictions in town at this evening’s Selectman’s meeting, stating that they will be reviewing the town policy at some point in the future and would not be taking any action on the matter at the meeting. Tamworth Police Chief Dan Poirier, an avid participant in last meeting’s denunciation of peaceful and responsible firearms owners, had a conveniently scheduled vacation and was not present.

This is the second meeting in a row that the Selectmen have been given an opportunity to simply say “Oops, that’s an unlawful and unethical policy, let’s fix that”, and to hopefully apologize for their public statements indicating that they view responsible armed folks, who have never caused a problem, as people who are to be treated as a public threat and a liability to the town. Instead, the Selectmen resorted to the only means of governance that they are apparently comfortable with: 1+ hours of discussions closed to the public on the matter, “future discussions”, “forthcoming policy review”, and the like.

For a Selectboard so concerned about some phantom firearms liability that has never actually occurred in town, Selectmen Willie Farnum and John Roberts are sure not in a hurry to resolve their actual liability problems [1] [2] with their unlawful firearms restrictions. For a change, guys, stop inviting lawsuits and causing problems for people who aren’t bothering anyone: simply remove the employee policy.