(CAÑON CITY, Colo.) — Cañon City leaders will be meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 19 to discuss and debate the future of open and concealed carry in the city.

On Wednesday, the Vision Committee will meet to see a general overview of firearms regulations in the City Code. Cañon City Chief of Police John Schick has asked the council to consider narrowing ordinances to the public carrying of firearms, so the city is in compliance with state and federal law. Some regulations that the committee will discuss removing:

Sec. 9.44.090: which states no person, except a peace officer, can carry a firearm into, upon, or across a public park, playground, or any property held by the City unless they have a permit from the City to kill or trap predatory animals.

Sec. 9.46.020, subsection A(2): Hunting, trapping, and firearms are prohibited on all public trails within the City.

During the meeting on Wednesday, city leaders will also discuss revising two other City Code regulations, including subsection A(5) of Sec. 9.44.060, which makes it illegal to carry or discharge a firearm unless specifically authorized by law to do so, and Sec. 9.52.010, which states what offenses a person may face if carrying concealed weapons.

See the list of discussion items for the meeting on Wednesday below:

Leaders will also consider whether Cañon City will opt out of a state law banning the carrying of firearms in sensitive places like government buildings, polling places, and courthouses.

“The city attorneys were directing us to look or assess those sensitive spaces issues carefully,” said Schick. “They are not defined by case president within the law and there are certainly opportunities to define sensitive spaces.”

The Vision Committee Meeting will take place on Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the City Council Chambers at the City Hall in Cañon City.