SEQUIM — A group promoting construction of a shooting park in Clallam County is taking aim at Sequim Police Chief Byron C. Nelson claiming his ban of gun sales by individuals at a show April 13 and 14 at city-owned Carrie Blake Park violated their constitutional rights.
Louis A. Huber, chairman of the Pacific Northwest Shooting Park Association, called for Nelson to be fired during Monday night’s city council meeting.
“I want . . . a head on a plate,” Huber told the council.
Huber said he was trying to “stave off elements” within the shooting group that want to file a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the city if it doesn’t take action against Nelson.
In one of two letters presented to the council Monday night, Huber said the mayor, council and city manager should bring charges against Nelson and suspend him until they are adjudicated in court.
The city manager, under Sequim’s form of government, has the authority to hire and fire department heads.
But City Manager Bill Elliott defended Nelson’s decision on Tuesday.
“The chief did what he had to do,” Elliott said. “What they want is probably not going to happen.”
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