Barker
05-30-2006, 04:06 PM
Your hard work is paying off! HB 2076 (weapons; misconduct; storage; map pocket) passed the House "Final Read" on May 25, 2006 by a vote of 41-14 with 5 not voting, and is now headed to the Governor's desk.
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
HB 2076 was amended in the Senate to clarify that it does not apply to public establishments or events licensed to serve alcohol, and to give qualified immunity to public employees or agents handling surrendered firearms. The House has approved the amended version of HB 2076, and the bill will now be transmitted to the Governor.
Now is the time to contact Governor Napolitano and urge her to sign HB 2076 into law. Below is a sample letter you can use. You can fax a letter to her using this number: 602-542-1381. You can also mail it to her at the following address:
The Honorable Janet Napolitano
Governor of Arizona
1700 West Washington
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
You can contact the Governor via the Internet here:
http://azgovernor.gov/Contact.asp
Or via email at: azgov@az.gov
Or you can call her office toll free using this number: 1-800-253-0883
At the Governor's website, you will find a fill-in-the-blanks form to register your opinion. For "subject" scroll down and select "Legislation." For "topic" fill in – HB 2076. You can cut-and-paste the message below in the "message/comment" area.
Governor Napolitano:
The Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL) has informed me that HB 2076 has been sent to you for consideration. I urge you to sign this important legislation into law.
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.
The bill was amended in the Senate to satisfy the concerns of law enforcement and public establishments that serve alcohol. The Senate amendment, concurred with by the House, 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 in 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 that you please sign HB 2076 into law.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Street Address
City, AZ zip-code
(telephone number)
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
HB 2076 was amended in the Senate to clarify that it does not apply to public establishments or events licensed to serve alcohol, and to give qualified immunity to public employees or agents handling surrendered firearms. The House has approved the amended version of HB 2076, and the bill will now be transmitted to the Governor.
Now is the time to contact Governor Napolitano and urge her to sign HB 2076 into law. Below is a sample letter you can use. You can fax a letter to her using this number: 602-542-1381. You can also mail it to her at the following address:
The Honorable Janet Napolitano
Governor of Arizona
1700 West Washington
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
You can contact the Governor via the Internet here:
http://azgovernor.gov/Contact.asp
Or via email at: azgov@az.gov
Or you can call her office toll free using this number: 1-800-253-0883
At the Governor's website, you will find a fill-in-the-blanks form to register your opinion. For "subject" scroll down and select "Legislation." For "topic" fill in – HB 2076. You can cut-and-paste the message below in the "message/comment" area.
Governor Napolitano:
The Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL) has informed me that HB 2076 has been sent to you for consideration. I urge you to sign this important legislation into law.
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.
The bill was amended in the Senate to satisfy the concerns of law enforcement and public establishments that serve alcohol. The Senate amendment, concurred with by the House, 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 in 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 that you please sign HB 2076 into law.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Street Address
City, AZ zip-code
(telephone number)