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Show Rifles, Flippers Are Banned In Gunnison ! - Air rifles, . "flippers" and - any , other . instrument of the same sort, through which damage can be done, are to be strictly banned in Gunnison. Gunni-son. The city ordinance provides against the use of air rifles or "flip-, "flip-, pers" within the city limits and the I boys -who now use either are to be ; summarily checked. This declara-; declara-; tion was made to a News man by a city officer Wednesday with instructions instruc-tions to give all boys ample notice that the" dangerous playthings must be discarded or else they will be confiscated con-fiscated and destroyed. Many complaints have been regis-; regis-; tered recently about boys carrying air rifles and "flippers" and using them throughout the business and residential districts. Window lights have been broken and in one in-rstance in-rstance a valuable glass in an auto-' auto-' mobile was broken through either malicious firing, or by accident. Children, as well as citizens, are also endangered through' the carelessness care-lessness of some of the youngsters, ': as the weapons complained of are .. capable of putting put an eye or do-, do-, ing other injury to the body. 1 Parents of Gunnison, are asked ; full cooperation in curtailing the use j of air rifles and other guns within ; the ; city limit. It is not the policy -of the city officials to be severe in : these matters, but if children are disobedient to the ordinances, and if parents will not aid the officers in affording ample protection, then it will be necessary to hail the kids before, be-fore, the - proper authorities,, who j may deal out severe punishment. : .. |