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<br />ammunitions business where there are many families with young children. She asked the Council <br />to think of their families living next door to a gun shop with ammunition and classes with 10 to 20 <br />people. <br /> <br />th <br />Deb Kemp, 6003 178 Lane NW, stated she lives around the corner from Mr. Trout. She stated <br />nd <br />she has a permit to carry and believes in 2 Amendment rights but doesn’t feel that there is enough <br />security in a metal pole building. She challenged Mr. Trout’s claim that he knows everyone he <br />sells to and because of Facebook that is a lot of people coming and going. She didn’t feel a <br />residential neighborhood was the right place to sell guns or that the guns would be secure. <br /> <br />Mr. Trout responded to the resident comments. In response to cars coming and going all day, he <br />had an average of one sale per day for the last two years which includes online sales. In response <br />to the Planning Commission not doing their job in announcing a home occupation, he stated they <br />aren’t required to. He stated they are not requesting commercial but want to stay within residential <br />zoning permit guidelines. He stated there are already seven other homebased FFL’s in residential <br />neighborhoods in the City of Ramsey, four of which have manufacturing permits on smaller lots. <br />He responded to the comments that the Facebook page has his address by saying that it only lists <br />Ramsey, Minnesota. Regarding security he stated there is automatic motion sensors on each corner <br />of the pole barn and he meets and exceeds firearm safety security measures. He asked the Council <br />to allow a legal business to continue to conduct a legal business. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heineman asked Mr. Trout asked about the value of merchandise and if it would <br />be advantageous for it to be stolen <br /> <br />Mr. Trout replied he didn’t think so. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heineman asked it was conducive for Mr. Trout to secure the firearms. <br /> <br />Mr. Trout replied the firearms are secured in gun safes in the pole barn with automatic locking <br />doors, security doors, and a 24-hour security camera system. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heineman asked if Mr. Trout had friends and family visit him. <br /> <br />Mr. Trout replied he did and they stay with him. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heineman asked if the neighbors felt the need for him to declare family members <br />or friends because he didn’t know how it would be regulated. He stated he felt like more of risk <br />than Mr. Trout because he is a gun owner and his address is listed on the internet as well, when <br />Mr. Trout has taken more safety measures. He felt that businesses should be allowed to operate <br />with a conditional use permit out of their homes and this is not a process that isn’t done but the <br />difference is because it is firearms. He asked Police Chief Katers if he has looked into this and the <br />referenced a letter from him stating he didn’t have any concerns about the security of the building <br />and how it relates to other gun stores. <br /> <br />Police Chief Katers replied he hasn’t inspected the property but City Staff has. He stated his <br />approval was based on the first HOP, not the second. He asked the Council, similar to the Planning <br />City Council /March 8, 2022 <br />Page 20 of 38 <br /> <br />