OTTUMWA, IOWA (AP) -- Ottumwa has scrapped plans for an ordinance to keep firearms off city property because state law doesn't allow it.
   
 The City Council on Tuesday was to consider the first reading of the ordinance, which was proposed in the wake of Iowa's new concealed weapons permit. That law makes it more difficult for sheriffs to reject the permits.
   
The Ottumwa Courier says the council voted to remove the item from the agenda.
   
City Administrator Joe Helfenberger says the decision was made after city staff learned of a section of state law that doesn't allow the ordinance.
   
City Attorney Tim Kintigh says the law says cities can't regulate possession or transportation of firearms beyond what the state does.

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