A local gun rights advocacy group is taking aim at the Otero County Fairgrounds over posted signs that prohibit guns on the premises.
Members of the Alamogordo Second Amendment Task Force say about a handful of signs posted near the fairground's entrances, as well as others spread across the grounds, are illegal.
"We want (the gun) restriction removed from the fairground's signs, plain and simple," said Chris Dearstyne, a member of Alamogordo 2ATF."There is no ulterior motive. We want to get people's rights restored in areas where those rights can be infringed upon."
The signs to which Dearstyne is referring display three restrictions with which people must comply before entering the fairgrounds: No pets(except service animals), no guns and no alcohol.
The group delivered a letter to the fairgrounds earlier this week. Theyalso distributed an e-mail copy of the letter to its members, as well as to the Daily News.
The letter requests the "removal of all signage posted on the fairgrounds property restricting the carrying of arms." It references an Otero County ordinance 96-04 that was signed Feb. 19, 1996, that states " It is therefore ordained by the Board of County Commissioners that no law, rule, regulation, and/or ordinance infringing on, regulating or otherwise affecting the right of the citizens to bear arms of their choice shall be enacted, imposed or ordained in Otero County."
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