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ME: Apartment rules may disarm Rockland man who shot intruder
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Mark A. Taff
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But on Wednesday he said the management company that operates Park Place Apartments, where he lives, told him the complex’s rules prohibit firearms.
“I have to give my gun up,” Lembo said. “I don’t see how they can do it, but I suppose they can.”
Russ Gagne, director of finance for Stanford Management, which manages Park Place Apartments and about 1,500 other subsidized apartments in Maine, said the complex doesn’t allow firearms.
“We have house rules that prohibit firearms on the property,” he said. “It’s in the lease. … It’s really for the safety of all the tenants.” Gagne said the company handles lease infractions on a case-by-case basis and that it has just started its investigation into the incident in Lembo’s apartment. |
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jac
(9/3/2015)
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"It’s really for the safety of all the tenants.”
I doubt it. It's really to further someone's liberal agenda. |
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mickey
(9/3/2015)
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Sorry, but contracts don't override civil rights in any other situation, so why here?
For example, you can't sell yourself in slavery, a lease prohibiting you from having a spouse (of any gender) is unenforceable, ... |
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