[Bryn-gwlad] BG Archery Practice CANCELLED until further notice

[Stefan li Rous]

Did you get the name and Officer ID number for this over-enthusiastic  
officer?

Perhaps his enthusiasm can be appropriately rewarded by his superiors  
or the representatives of the citizens for whom he actually  works.  
Maybe an appropriate use for all that energy could be found in an  
area where there is a real danger.

Please post his info here so I can send an appropriate thank you  
letter to the appropriate people.

Stefan

On Nov 26, 2006, at 3:20 PM, brandtfamily at sprintmail.com wrote:

> Until further notice, the weekly Sunday archery practice in Bryn Gwlad
> will be cancelled.
>
> I am saddened to report that the Barony of Bryn Gwlad has been denied
> access to the McNeil Park site in Round Rock, that we have used for  
> the
> past 5 years and more for our archery practice. While setting up for
> our regularly scheduled practices, we were approached by a City of
> Round Rock police officer, who politely but firmly insisted that we
> could not practice archery anywhere in Round Rock.

> He countered
> that there is a Round Rock ordinance that prohibits firing all  
> kinds of
> 'projectiles' in the city, including BB guns. pellet guns and archery.
> I asked if this was a new ordinance, and he insisted it had been in
> effect for years.

> He couldn't answer that, nor
> could he cite the specific ordinance. But he insisted again that it  
> was
> the case.


> There were no complaints, and no citations were issued, nor
> did the officer threaten to cite me for having the archery gear in the
> park.
>
> Rather than cause problems, I complied with his directive and took  
> down
> the range. I posted a sign indicating future practices are cancelled.
>
> I am investigating this, and will attempt to determine if the officer
> was merely mistaken, or if he was correct. If I can, I will get it in
> writing from a City of Round Rock legal official that there are no
> ordinances in Round Rock prohibiting archery, and with that in had  
> will
> seek a new written approval from Round Rock parks and Recreation to
> continue doing archery practice in their parks. An initial search on
> the Internet when we got home was unable to locate any Round Rock
> ordinance involving "projectiles" or "archery" or "arrow".
>
> If the officer was correct, we will need to find a new site, most
> likely outside of any City limits, where we can set up a practice  
> range
> legally.
>
> Regards,
> HLS Jason of Rosaria
> Bryn Gwlad Target Archery Marshal
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bryn-gwlad mailing list
> Bryn-gwlad at lists.ansteorra.org
> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/bryn-gwlad-ansteorra.org

--------
THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas           
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****