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Posted February 27, 2004.

Michigan Library Allows Guns, Bans Wooden Shoes

The board of the Herrick District Library in Holland, Michigan, voted February 26 to change its policy prohibiting firearms on the premises in order to conform to a state law passed in 2001 that allows residents to carry concealed weapons with a valid permit. Public libraries and other government buildings are not on the list of pistol-free areas specified by the law, although schools and day-care centers are.

Board members had expressed frustration at their January meeting with having to allow guns in the library, but concluded that the rule had to change to adhere to Michigan law, the February 27 Muskegon Chronicle reported.

However, the board reaffirmed its ban on wearing wooden shoes in the building, even though the footgear is only worn in May by traditional Dutch “klompen” dancers during the city’s Tulip Time festival. Library Director Tom Genson said in the February 27 Holland Sentinel that the shoes catch in the carpet and leave slivers behind.

Posted February 27, 2004.