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Appeal for assault weapon ban fizzles

Ken Kinnett and his wife, Loyd, and three other speakers asked the City Council to ban the sale of assault rifles.

By Bill Moss, Published: January 4, 2013

A citizens' appeal to the Hendersonville City Council to outlaw the sale of assault weapons fizzled when the mayor and the city attorney said the state Legislature had granted local government no power to make such a law.

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