Barker
05-22-2006, 06:35 PM
Because of your emails, letters and phone calls, HB 2076 (weapons; misconduct; storage; map pocket) passed the Senate "Third Read" on Monday, May 22, 2006 by a vote of 19-6.
HB 2076 is an AzCDL supported bill that would require on-site, "readily accessible" storage and "immediate retrieval" of a weapon when public establishments or events forbid them: http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2076
Since HB 2076 was amended in the Senate, the bill will go back to the House for a concurrence vote within the next day or two. The Senate amendment clarifies that HB 2076 does not apply to public establishments or events licensed to serve alcohol, and gives qualified immunity to public employees or agents handling surrendered firearms.
Now, it's time to let the House know your feelings on HB 2076, and to urge its passage.
Below is a sample letter to use in contacting your Representatives. For those wishing to contact every Representative, an email list is provided following the letter.
To find your Representatives go here: http://tinyurl.com/bmfwn
Dear Representative:
The Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL) has informed me that HB 2076 has passed the Senate and will soon be voted on in the House. I ask that you please vote for HB 2076.
HB 2076 simply requires compliance with a provision of the Firearms Preemption Law passed in 2000. Since 2000, ARS 13-3102(A)(10) has allowed government buildings and events to prohibit firearms if they request that a person surrender their firearm and "place it in the custody of the operator of the establishment or sponsor of the event." If they do not take "custody" of the firearm, they may not prohibit possession of firearms.
Unfortunately, law-abiding firearms owners currently receive disparate and discriminatory treatment. Some public establishments and events provide storage lockers. Many require law-abiding citizens to surrender their firearms to local police for off-site "custody," where retrieval is made difficult by inconvenient locations or office hours. Some refuse to do even that, and require law-abiding citizens to leave their firearms in their vehicles, easy targets for thieves here in the auto theft capitol of the U.S.
HB 2076 requires uniform compliance with the law when operators of public establishments or events decide to prohibit firearms. Under the proposed law, the operator is required to provide temporary and secure storage that is readily accessible on entry and permits immediate retrieval upon exit if they choose to prohibit the lawful carrying of firearms. An amendment, passed by the Senate, clarifies that HB 2076 does not apply to events or establishments licensed to serve alcohol, and gives qualified immunity to public employees or agents handling surrendered firearms.
Firearms prohibition is voluntary. Nothing in HB 2076, or the law that passed in 2000, requires any facility or event to prohibit firearms. Contrary to the claims of opponents of HB 2076, there is no mandate, unfunded or not. There are a number of states that do not prohibit lawful possession of firearms in government facilities, including their state capitols, and they have not experienced any problems. Without electronic screening, the kind of prohibition allowed in ARS 13-3102 only affects those citizens intent on complying with the law, not those intent on violence.
Again, I ask for your support and vote for HB 2076.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Street Address
City, AZ zip-code
(telephone number)
List of House email addresses separated by semi-colon:
kadams@azleg.gov; aaguirre@azleg.gov; jallen@azleg.gov; malvarez@azleg.gov; manderson@azleg.gov; rbarnes@azleg.gov; nbarto@azleg.gov; abiggs@azleg.gov; tboone@azleg.gov; dbradley@azleg.gov; jbrown@azleg.gov; jburges@azleg.gov; jburns@azleg.gov; mburtoncahill@azleg.gov; ocajerobedford@azleg.gov; tcarpenter@azleg.gov; cchase@azleg.gov; tdowning@azleg.gov; efarnsworth@azleg.gov; sgallardo@azleg.gov; mgarcia@azleg.gov; pgorman@azleg.gov; tgroe@azleg.gov; phershberger@azleg.gov; shuffman@azleg.gov; rjones@azleg.gov; akirkpatrick@azleg.gov; lknaperek@azleg.gov; bkonopnicki@azleg.gov; llandrumtaylor@azleg.gov; plopes@azleg.gov; llopez@azleg.gov; dlujan@azleg.gov; lmason@azleg.gov; mmcclure@azleg.gov; jmccomish@azleg.gov; ddavis@azleg.gov; nmclain@azleg.gov; rmeza@azleg.gov; bmiranda@azleg.gov; rmurphy@azleg.gov; jnelson@azleg.gov; wnichols@azleg.gov; to'halleran@azleg.gov; jpaton@azleg.gov; rpearce@azleg.gov; gpierce@azleg.gov; tprezelski@azleg.gov; dquelland@azleg.gov; mreagan@azleg.gov; prios@azleg.gov; brobson@azleg.gov; crosati@azleg.gov; ksinema@azleg.gov; bstump@azleg.gov; atom@azleg.gov; stully@azleg.gov; jweiers@azleg.gov; jpweiers@azleg.gov; syarbrough@azleg.gov;
List of House email addresses separated by comma:
kadams@azleg.gov, aaguirre@azleg.gov, jallen@azleg.gov, malvarez@azleg.gov, manderson@azleg.gov, rbarnes@azleg.gov, nbarto@azleg.gov, abiggs@azleg.gov, tboone@azleg.gov, dbradley@azleg.gov, jbrown@azleg.gov, jburges@azleg.gov, jburns@azleg.gov, mburtoncahill@azleg.gov, ocajerobedford@azleg.gov, tcarpenter@azleg.gov, cchase@azleg.gov, tdowning@azleg.gov, efarnsworth@azleg.gov, sgallardo@azleg.gov, mgarcia@azleg.gov, pgorman@azleg.gov, tgroe@azleg.gov, phershberger@azleg.gov, shuffman@azleg.gov, rjones@azleg.gov, akirkpatrick@azleg.gov, lknaperek@azleg.gov, bkonopnicki@azleg.gov, llandrumtaylor@azleg.gov, plopes@azleg.gov, llopez@azleg.gov, dlujan@azleg.gov, lmason@azleg.gov, mmcclure@azleg.gov, jmccomish@azleg.gov, ddavis@azleg.gov, nmclain@azleg.gov, rmeza@azleg.gov, bmiranda@azleg.gov, rmurphy@azleg.gov, jnelson@azleg.gov, wnichols@azleg.gov, to'halleran@azleg.gov, jpaton@azleg.gov, rpearce@azleg.gov, gpierce@azleg.gov, tprezelski@azleg.gov, dquelland@azleg.gov, mreagan@azleg.gov, prios@azleg.gov, brobson@azleg.gov, crosati@azleg.gov, ksinema@azleg.gov, bstump@azleg.gov, atom@azleg.gov, stully@azleg.gov, jweiers@azleg.gov, jpweiers@azleg.gov, syarbrough@azleg.gov,
These alerts are a project of the Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL), an all volunteer, non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization. Join today!
AzCDL – Protecting Your Freedom
http://www.azcdl.org/html/join_us_.html
Copyright © 2006 Arizona Citizens Defense League, Inc., all rights reserved.
HB 2076 is an AzCDL supported bill that would require on-site, "readily accessible" storage and "immediate retrieval" of a weapon when public establishments or events forbid them: http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2076
Since HB 2076 was amended in the Senate, the bill will go back to the House for a concurrence vote within the next day or two. The Senate amendment clarifies that HB 2076 does not apply to public establishments or events licensed to serve alcohol, and gives qualified immunity to public employees or agents handling surrendered firearms.
Now, it's time to let the House know your feelings on HB 2076, and to urge its passage.
Below is a sample letter to use in contacting your Representatives. For those wishing to contact every Representative, an email list is provided following the letter.
To find your Representatives go here: http://tinyurl.com/bmfwn
Dear Representative:
The Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL) has informed me that HB 2076 has passed the Senate and will soon be voted on in the House. I ask that you please vote for HB 2076.
HB 2076 simply requires compliance with a provision of the Firearms Preemption Law passed in 2000. Since 2000, ARS 13-3102(A)(10) has allowed government buildings and events to prohibit firearms if they request that a person surrender their firearm and "place it in the custody of the operator of the establishment or sponsor of the event." If they do not take "custody" of the firearm, they may not prohibit possession of firearms.
Unfortunately, law-abiding firearms owners currently receive disparate and discriminatory treatment. Some public establishments and events provide storage lockers. Many require law-abiding citizens to surrender their firearms to local police for off-site "custody," where retrieval is made difficult by inconvenient locations or office hours. Some refuse to do even that, and require law-abiding citizens to leave their firearms in their vehicles, easy targets for thieves here in the auto theft capitol of the U.S.
HB 2076 requires uniform compliance with the law when operators of public establishments or events decide to prohibit firearms. Under the proposed law, the operator is required to provide temporary and secure storage that is readily accessible on entry and permits immediate retrieval upon exit if they choose to prohibit the lawful carrying of firearms. An amendment, passed by the Senate, clarifies that HB 2076 does not apply to events or establishments licensed to serve alcohol, and gives qualified immunity to public employees or agents handling surrendered firearms.
Firearms prohibition is voluntary. Nothing in HB 2076, or the law that passed in 2000, requires any facility or event to prohibit firearms. Contrary to the claims of opponents of HB 2076, there is no mandate, unfunded or not. There are a number of states that do not prohibit lawful possession of firearms in government facilities, including their state capitols, and they have not experienced any problems. Without electronic screening, the kind of prohibition allowed in ARS 13-3102 only affects those citizens intent on complying with the law, not those intent on violence.
Again, I ask for your support and vote for HB 2076.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Street Address
City, AZ zip-code
(telephone number)
List of House email addresses separated by semi-colon:
kadams@azleg.gov; aaguirre@azleg.gov; jallen@azleg.gov; malvarez@azleg.gov; manderson@azleg.gov; rbarnes@azleg.gov; nbarto@azleg.gov; abiggs@azleg.gov; tboone@azleg.gov; dbradley@azleg.gov; jbrown@azleg.gov; jburges@azleg.gov; jburns@azleg.gov; mburtoncahill@azleg.gov; ocajerobedford@azleg.gov; tcarpenter@azleg.gov; cchase@azleg.gov; tdowning@azleg.gov; efarnsworth@azleg.gov; sgallardo@azleg.gov; mgarcia@azleg.gov; pgorman@azleg.gov; tgroe@azleg.gov; phershberger@azleg.gov; shuffman@azleg.gov; rjones@azleg.gov; akirkpatrick@azleg.gov; lknaperek@azleg.gov; bkonopnicki@azleg.gov; llandrumtaylor@azleg.gov; plopes@azleg.gov; llopez@azleg.gov; dlujan@azleg.gov; lmason@azleg.gov; mmcclure@azleg.gov; jmccomish@azleg.gov; ddavis@azleg.gov; nmclain@azleg.gov; rmeza@azleg.gov; bmiranda@azleg.gov; rmurphy@azleg.gov; jnelson@azleg.gov; wnichols@azleg.gov; to'halleran@azleg.gov; jpaton@azleg.gov; rpearce@azleg.gov; gpierce@azleg.gov; tprezelski@azleg.gov; dquelland@azleg.gov; mreagan@azleg.gov; prios@azleg.gov; brobson@azleg.gov; crosati@azleg.gov; ksinema@azleg.gov; bstump@azleg.gov; atom@azleg.gov; stully@azleg.gov; jweiers@azleg.gov; jpweiers@azleg.gov; syarbrough@azleg.gov;
List of House email addresses separated by comma:
kadams@azleg.gov, aaguirre@azleg.gov, jallen@azleg.gov, malvarez@azleg.gov, manderson@azleg.gov, rbarnes@azleg.gov, nbarto@azleg.gov, abiggs@azleg.gov, tboone@azleg.gov, dbradley@azleg.gov, jbrown@azleg.gov, jburges@azleg.gov, jburns@azleg.gov, mburtoncahill@azleg.gov, ocajerobedford@azleg.gov, tcarpenter@azleg.gov, cchase@azleg.gov, tdowning@azleg.gov, efarnsworth@azleg.gov, sgallardo@azleg.gov, mgarcia@azleg.gov, pgorman@azleg.gov, tgroe@azleg.gov, phershberger@azleg.gov, shuffman@azleg.gov, rjones@azleg.gov, akirkpatrick@azleg.gov, lknaperek@azleg.gov, bkonopnicki@azleg.gov, llandrumtaylor@azleg.gov, plopes@azleg.gov, llopez@azleg.gov, dlujan@azleg.gov, lmason@azleg.gov, mmcclure@azleg.gov, jmccomish@azleg.gov, ddavis@azleg.gov, nmclain@azleg.gov, rmeza@azleg.gov, bmiranda@azleg.gov, rmurphy@azleg.gov, jnelson@azleg.gov, wnichols@azleg.gov, to'halleran@azleg.gov, jpaton@azleg.gov, rpearce@azleg.gov, gpierce@azleg.gov, tprezelski@azleg.gov, dquelland@azleg.gov, mreagan@azleg.gov, prios@azleg.gov, brobson@azleg.gov, crosati@azleg.gov, ksinema@azleg.gov, bstump@azleg.gov, atom@azleg.gov, stully@azleg.gov, jweiers@azleg.gov, jpweiers@azleg.gov, syarbrough@azleg.gov,
These alerts are a project of the Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL), an all volunteer, non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization. Join today!
AzCDL – Protecting Your Freedom
http://www.azcdl.org/html/join_us_.html
Copyright © 2006 Arizona Citizens Defense League, Inc., all rights reserved.