Oops: From a list member:
Prof. Joseph EDWARD Olson participated in an amicus brief on behalf
of respondent from Academics For The Second Amendment. If Joseph
LOUIS Olson also participated in an amicus brief, I am unaware of
it. Perhaps a name similarity faux pas, perhaps two Joe Olsons...not
certain.
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/preview/briefs/pdfs/07-08/07-290_RespondentAmCuAcafor2ndAmend.pdf
Prof. Olson is the 1995 founder of MN Concealed Carry Reform Now!
and, later, the Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance. He participated
heavily in lobbying for MN's "shall issue" legislation and, in fact,
drafted a large portion of it. He is now president of the American
Association of Certified Firearms Instructors (www.aacfi.com) and
still teaching law. I have personally known Prof. Olson for many
years. I've never heard of the other Joe Olson until now.
---
A Gun Ban by Any Other Name...: ...On Friday, a federal District Court
judge tried to indirectly reinstate the D.C. handgun ban. Judge Ricardo
Urbina, a Clinton appointee, wants to make it so difficult for people
living in DC to use a handgun defensively that few will get one. Last
September, a Washington Post reporter, Christian Davenport, found out
just how difficult it still is to get a handgun in D.C. even after the
Supreme Court struck down the city's handgun ban. Excluding the price of
the gun, the reporter spent $558.69 in various fees to get through the
approval process. But that was only part of the cost. It took him "a
total of 15 hours 50 minutes, four trips to the Metropolitan Police
Department, two background checks, a set of fingerprints, a five-hour
class and a 20-question multiple-choice exam." So when do these types of
regulations constitute just as much of a ban on handguns as an outright
ban? A dollar tax solely on newspapers would clearly be struck down as
unconstitutional. The power to regulate can destroy both the First and
Second Amendments. Despite the costs, about a thousand people may have
gotten handgun permits. That is only about 0.2 percent of adults living
in D.C. The big change from the 2008 Heller decision might have simply
been that D.C. law now requires that gun owners (primarily those owning
long guns) only have to store their guns locked and unloaded if minors
might have access to them. And it is probably this change that helps
explain why D.C.'s murder rate fell by 25 percent the year after the
handgun ban was struck down as unconstitutional... (This John Lott
commentary is definitely worth reading in its entirety.)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/03/30/lott-john-gun-controll-dc-handgun-ban/
A ruling last Friday that dismissed a lawsuit in the District of
Columbia over that city's Draconian gun laws has wide-ranging
implications because it compelled the anti-gun Brady Campaign to Prevent
Gun Violence to reveal what it believes are "common-sense gun laws."
The revelation came from Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke - the same
guy who has been waging a war of social bigotry against Starbucks and
its refusal to ban legally armed customers from its coffee shops - who
issued a statement crowing about the case. This was the second lawsuit
against the District by Dick Anthony Heller, this time represented by
attorney and Second Amendment scholar Stephen Halbrook. The National
Rifle Association was supporting this case, and Halbrook says the
judge's ruling will be appealed... In effect, this judge thinks that
the right of owning a gun is subject to the same bureaucratic red tape
as the privilege of owning a car. And Helmke of the Brady Campaign
thinks this is just swell; a regulatory morass through which a
law-abiding citizen must wade simply to exercise a
constitutionally-protected civil right... (I believe that Workman errs
in calling automobile ownership a privilege; it is usually driving one
on public roads that is treated as a privilege, subject to licensure.
Take a look at David Kopel's 1999 essay, comparing gun ownership and car
ownership -
http://reason.com/archives/1999/11/01/taking-it-to-the-streets.)
http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m3d30-DC-court-ruling-reveals-what-antigunners-call-commonsense-gun-laws
---
In the Wake of Heller: These are the offspring of Heller: A woman
contends her small stature makes her an appealing target for criminals
but says she was turned down for a concealed-carry handgun permit by the
Sacramento County sheriff. A California man, born without an arm below
the right elbow, argues that the state's roster of "approved" handguns
precludes him from being able to buy a left-handed Glock. An American
man who now lives in Canada would like to purchase guns in the U.S. to
store at his relatives' home in Mount Vernon, Ohio, to use for sporting
and self-defense. All are now plaintiffs in suits that were filed in the
wake of the June 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller ruling. In that
case, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an
individual right to keep and bear arms at home, but left the door open
to certain types of gun restrictions, many of which are currently being
challenged. The Second Amendment Foundation, a Bellevue, Wash.,
nonprofit, that took in $3.6 million in revenue in 2008, is paying for
their legal challenges. Their cases are being handled by its attorney,
Alan Gura, who won the Heller case...
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/03/30/hellers-offspring-a-look-at-the-new-generation-of-gun-control-suits/?KEYWORDS=second+amendment
---
Meanwhile, Near Chicago...: City officials will await a U.S. Supreme
Court decision on Chicago's handgun ban to see if they want to amend a
local ordinance regarding background checks for the sale of firearms.
Waukegan's interest in the matter stems from the inadvertent resale last
year of a gun later determined to have been stolen, which sparked
discussion of a requirement for businesses to submit serial numbers for
background checks before a firearm can be sold. But the proposal stalled
in February before the Judiciary Committee, and Corporation Counsel
Newton Finn advised aldermen Monday to "hold this until that (court)
decision comes down" sometime this summer... The Waukegan issue stems
from the sale of a handgun at Smoke 'N Gun on Grand Avenue to McAlister
Avenue resident Deleetre Tennort, who told the City Council in December
that the gun was determined to have been stolen after he was cited for
firing it to ward off a reported burglary...
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/2129650,5_1_WA30_GUNLAW_S1-100330.article
---
Looking at It Graphically...: One graph shows the number of states with
shall-issue CCW, from 1986 to 2008. The companion graph shows the number
of firearm-related homicides in the US, per 10,000 population, from 1886
to 2006. The usual caveat applies - it's risky to base RKBA arguments on
crime statistics as the latter can be influenced by many factors. Note
the homicide peaks between 1990 and 1994; had we only looked at data for
that period, the trend would have looked very different.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/03/graph_of_the_day_for_march_31.html
---
From Whom Do Gun-Free Zones Protect?: ...The tangent point between
these circles represents the crowd that we are being protected from by
gun free zones. Normally they are law abiding and thus don't carry
weapons into a posted gun free zone. These folks, however, have
incredibly hot tempers and amazingly poor judgment. They also have no
ability to think of consequences past the immediate moment. They are
the ones who get so angry, so fast that if they had a gun at the
critical moment they would shoot you dead. "Take that, you incompetent
fool!" If they had to leave the area and drive home to get their gun
first, they would cool down and probably be deflected by a sandwich.
Now that my hypothesis has identified the group that we are being
protected against, we have to weigh the benefit of that protection
against the benefit we might get from the much larger, normal group
being allowed to carry weapons everywhere there isn't an enforced,
disarmed zone such as a secured courthouse with metal detectors and
guards and secure storage for the weapons. I don't know how many folks
fall into the newly identified category, but I bet it is about as big as
represented in the diagram. I do know that statistically, concealed
carry permit holders are more law abiding than the general public and
that most carry their weapons quietly for years with no incidents at all...
http://www.examiner.com/x-2944-Denver-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m3d30-Who-are-we-protected-from-with-a-gun-free-zone
---
DOJ Blocks Access to Whistleblower Site: Firearms designer Len Savage
sent me an email this morning calling my attention to a post on attorney
David Hardy's Of Arms and the Law blog. Access to the CleanUpATF.org
website is being blocked from Department of Justice computers. Users
attempting to visit it are reminded that they're being watched and
noted... We've discussed CleanUpATF numerous times here at Gun Rights
Examiner. They're the group of ATF employees who are fed up (pun
intended) with corruption and incompetence at the bureau, and who formed
"a non-profit organization dedicated to returning integrity,
accountability and decency to the management of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE or 'ATF')." ...
http://www.examiner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m3d30-Why-is-government-blocking-access-to-ATF-whistlebower-website
---
Invest in Lead: G. Gordon Liddy says: "Buy your gold where I buy mine!
At Rosland Capital!" Goldline International, Inc., trusted and used by
Glenn Beck! Rush Limbaugh says! "Get your free gold guide from Lear
Capital!" Everyone these days is trying to get you to convert your paper
money into precious metals. It's more stable during unsure economic
times. In fact, when the dollar goes down, gold and silver go up!
..Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not dirt-talking gold and silver. In
fact, I'd love to have more of it. It's just not in the cards for me
right now. However, there is a third precious metal that I can afford.
It's called "lead"! That's right, it's the precious metal that increases
in value when crime goes up and when tyrannical governments threaten
freedom's flame. Lead is tried and true. For two-hundred and thirty-five
years, Americans have been including lead in their financial portfolios,
and with great success I might add. It's the precious metal for rich
and poor alike, and its value never reaches zero! In fact, I'm carrying
several troy ounces of lead on my person right now. Who needs American
Express. "Lead! Don't leave home without it!" I believe that lead is so
valuable these days that I've got hundreds of pounds of it in my
financial portfolio at home. I've got rifle lead in .22, 5.56 and .223
calibers. I've got pistol lead in just about every conceivable shape and
size, and last, but certainly not least, I've got enough shotgun lead to
blow away even the most enthusiastic of precious metal speculators. Yes,
I'm a very blessed man...
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=36230
---
The Perils of Flying: ...Aha! That's where the crime came in. The
Firearms Owners' Protection Act protected Revell on the plane, and would
have protected him on the bus. But the moment the luggage came into his
hands or otherwise became "readily accessible" to him outside a car -
here, when he got the luggage to go to the hotel, but it would have also
happened if he had gotten the luggage to put it into the trunk of a
rental car - he violated New Jersey law, which requires a permit to
possess a handgun (and which bans the hollow-point ammunition that
Revell also had in a separate locked container in his luggage). Revell
was arrested when he checked in with the luggage at Newark Airport, and
said (as he was supposed to) that he had an unloaded gun in a locked
case in his luggage; he then spent four days in jail until he was
released on bail. Eventually the New Jersey prosecutor dropped the
charges against him, but Revell didn't get the gun and his other
property back until almost three years later. Revell sued, and lost; the
Third Circuit concluded that once he took the luggage in hand in New
Jersey, it became "readily accessible," and the FOPA immunity was lost.
And this is indeed a sensible reading of the statutory text...
http://volokh.com/2010/03/30/unexpected-flight-delay-hotel-stay-criminal-prosecution-for-gun-possession/
---
Idaho Firearms Freedom Act Heads to Governor: The Idaho Firearms Freedom
Act, having previously passed the Idaho House, has now passed the Idaho
Senate and is on its way to the desk of Governor Butch Otter. Governor
Otter is expected to sign the bill. When he does, that will make Idaho
the sixth state to enact an FFA. This bill would create a confrontation
at the federal level by making it legal to possess a firearm in Idaho
regardless of federal regulations PROVIDED the firearm's use AND
manufacture meet certain requirements, including being manufactured in
Idaho, with products produced in Idaho and stamped "Made in Idaho."
http://www.ammoland.com/2010/03/30/idaho-firearms-freedom-act-heads-to-governors-desk/
---
Iowa Shall-Issue Bill Heads to Governor: The Iowa House and Senate have
both signed off on a bill that reduces sheriffs' ability to deny permits
to carry a gun. The bill essentially changes the law from saying
sheriff's "may" issue gun permits to they "shall" issue permits. If the
governor signs the bill, people must still pass a background check, but
sheriffs will only be able to reject permits for a few specific reasons.
People who shop at Marion's Cedar Valley Outfitters cherish their right
to carry a weapon. Many believe sheriffs have rejected too many people
for frivolous or personal reasons... Most sheriffs in Iowa disagree and
fear this new legislation could lead to more guns on the streets and
less monitoring of the weapons. "I think it's unfortunate the NRA was
able to come in, push the legislature around and get them to go along
with this," Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek said... Within the
next 30 days, Governor Culver will decide whether to sign the bill into law.
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/89567542.html
The NRA is reportedly threatening to campaign against a pro-gun Iowa
legislator because he is pushing a bill that is too pro-gun. Rep. Kent
Sorenson is an outspoken gun advocate and one of the leading voices for
2nd Amendment rights in the Iowa legislature. He introduced and pushed
for a right-to-carry bill that would have given people the right to
carry a gun, concealed or otherwise, without having to obtain a permit.
The bill did not pass because of a tie vote. Other compromise bills have
also been introduced. Sorenson is against these "watered down" bills,
saying they don't provide true gun rights. The NRA is involved in
crafting one of these compromise bills that was introduced last week by
two traditionally anti-gun politicians. The bill was written in such a
way that moderates could support it, giving it a better chance of
passing. Sorenson came out against the NRA bill. So according to a
report on Ammoland.com, a lobbyist working for the NRA went to Sorenson
and told him if he didn't support the bill, the NRA would work to get
his opponent elected in an upcoming election - an anti-gun candidate at
that...
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/is-iowa-lawmaker-kent-sorenson-too-pro-gun-for-nra
---
Meanwhile, in Nevada...: NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre was
on hand to celebrate the grand opening of a new $61 million shooting
range in Nevada. But most alarming was that Senator Harry Reid was there
at LaPierre's side as if Reid has been a lifetime supporter of the
Second Amendment. While most of us want the "Socialist" Senator Reid
thrown out of office, the NRA is doing their best to keep him firmly
planted. Apparent message from the NRA: "Help us build a gun range and
we will look the other way and work hard to get you re-elected Senator
Reid". Need I say any more about these "Political Ass Kissers"? ...
http://www.examiner.com/x-25069-Cheyenne-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m3d29-NRA-gives-Senator-Reid-more-praise--enough-already
---
Kansas Students Split on Campus Carry: The possibility of students
carrying loaded, concealed weapons at the University could offer extra
protection or pose unnecessary danger to the campus community. It all
depends on who you ask. House Bill 2685, which passed the Kansas House
of Representatives Wednesday, would allow people with concealed carry
licenses to bring their weapons with them onto campus. Now, as the
Kansas Senate prepares to debate the bill, students are debating what
this change would mean for them. "I'm all for it. I was just talking to
my friends about this last night," Kelsey Heard, a sophomore from
Olathe, said. "My brother is a cop and half of my family has a concealed
carry license. Like what happened at Virginia Tech, people need to be
prepared." But students who oppose the bill said that it would create
more danger than protection. "I would not feel safe," Elizabeth Boresow,
a sophomore from Leawood, said. "It's unnecessary, students are under a
lot of stress, they definitely don't need to have guns on campus.
University officials agree with Boresow's sentiment...
http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/mar/30/concealed-weapons-bill-causes-stir/
---
Jury Acquits California Student of CCW Charge: An Army veteran and
Dean's List student who was prosecuted over a legally-registered,
unloaded gun was found not guilty by a San Francisco jury Wednesday.
Jury members deliberated just 45 minutes before acquitting San Francisco
resident Wayne Lee Banks Jr., 26, of carrying a concealed firearm in a
vehicle. The misdemeanor charge carries up to a year in jail. Banks, who
has no criminal convictions, was arrested Oct. 9, 2009 following a
contested traffic stop at Kearny and Clay streets. Officers stated in
the police report that they immediately saw a handgun in a belt holster
propped up against the center console. "Despite officers describing the
gun as immediately visible to justify the detention, Mr. Banks was
arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. You can't have it both ways.
It's not a magic gun," said his attorney, Deputy Public Defender Maria
Lopez... A sergeant and two officers from the San Francisco Police
Department testified at the trial. Police also submitted photographs of
Banks' gun partially wedged into the corner of his seat. During cross
examination by Lopez, however, the sergeant admitted that the
photographs were taken after he had handled the gun and placed it in
that position...
http://sfpublicdefender.org/media/2010/03/jury-acquits-honor-student-gun-charge/
---
California Sheriff Challenges Gunners: Sheriff Sandra Hutchens drew a
line in the sand Monday night in her bid for election June 8. "If you
want more guns and CCWs (concealed weapon permits), then you should vote
for one of my opponents," Hutchens said before a crowd of young
Republicans who, judging by their hoots, plan to do just that. The
appointed sheriff is betting the race will come down to more than
whether her gun policy is too restrictive. At a candidates' forum
sponsored by Orange County Young Republicans, Hutchens repeatedly
invoked the law for some of her unpopular policies, like not granting
gun permits to people who aren't facing a specific threat. Or
releasing some inmates early... Her opponents, former sheriff's Lt. Bill
Hunt and Anaheim Deputy Police Chief Craig Hunter, practically promised
to hand out concealed weapon permits to anybody with a clean record and
something to protect - be it jewels or a family...
http://totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com/2010/03/29/sheriff-hutchens-forgoes-gun-lobby/32743/
---
Catch-22 in Washington: A medical marijuana activist who nearly killed
an intruder in his home during a shootout this month has been barred
from buying guns because he's a pot patient, according to an e-mail sent
Tuesday by authorities. The e-mail from the King County sheriff's office
to Steve Sarich said his paperwork authorizing him to use and grow
marijuana for medical reasons was enough to deny him the possession of
weapons. A copy of the e-mail was obtained by The Associated Press.
Sarich, 59, said he tried to buy a shotgun and a pistol a few days after
the March 15 shootout to replace ones seized by investigators. He said
he has no criminal record but failed the background check because of
federal laws prohibiting "unlawful users" of controlled substances from
buying or otherwise receiving guns. Marijuana is illegal under federal
law. The e-mail written by records unit supervisor Ann Swartz said that
when Sarich reported a previous burglary at his Kirkland home, he showed
his medical marijuana-use paperwork to investigators. The sheriff's
office then forwarded the burglary report to the FBI's National Instant
Criminal Background Check System legal staff...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011482703_apwahomeinvasionpotactivist1stldwritethru.html
---
Oops, Wrong House: A homeowner on Missionary Ridge shot a burglar on
Monday, sending him to a Erlanger Hospital with critical injuries.
Rossville, Ga. Police Chief Sid Adams said Marvin Wallace was shot at
least twice and maybe more times. He said the incident happened in the
1300 block of South Crest Road in Rossville, Ga. Chief Adams said Gary
Anderson was upstairs when he noticed a strange vehicle in his driveway.
He got his handgun and walked downstairs. He said the homeowner found
two men in his computer room. They ran past him, while shoving him in
the process. The homeowner began to fire shots at the fleeing burglars
in the living room near the front door. The burglar who was hit fell
just outside the front door. The second man, Andre Jenkins, was caught a
short distance away on the Tennessee side... Detective David Scroggins
said no charges will be filed against the homeowner... (Anderson is
lucky; firing at fleeing burglars is a risky proposition in most states.)
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_172237.asp
---
God Forbid!: More than two months after an ABC News report that rifle
scopes used by U.S. soldiers are inscribed with secret Biblical
references, troops in Afghanistan and Iraq are still carrying the
so-called Jesus rifles - and the U.S. military says it could take a year
to remove the Bible codes from all its weapons. "Shame on them forever
for their impossibly slow, plodding and utterly backwards plan for
correction of this national and international disgrace," said Mikey
Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).
Weinstein, whose advocacy group promotes the separation of church and
state in the military, said the MRFF has received numerous messages from
troops deployed in Afghanistan complaining that the Gospel inscriptions
on Trijicon rifle scopes place them at added risk. A military
spokesperson also told ABC News that Biblical references had been
removed from just over a third of the military's Trijicon scopes, but
that most of the scopes that had been altered were being used by troops
in training situations and on bases, not by troops in war zones... (Had
it not been for the ABC report, how would the Taliban and others
opposing our troops even know the meaning of those "secret Biblical
references"?)
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/military-year-fix-jesus-rifles/story?id=10106096
---
Tangentially Related: The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) is
studying ways to replace the fuel tax with a Vehicle Miles Traveled
(VMT) program in order to charge drivers for the number of miles they
travel rather than the fuel they consume. NDOT will be holding public
information meetings to present their proposals and get feedback from
the public (see below for more information). Although the ACLU of Nevada
takes no position regarding tax policies, we oppose any resulting
information collecting method that would threaten individual privacy
rights, particularly if it allows the government to create an
infrastructure for routine surveillance. While the method of tracking
miles traveled under VMT has not yet been established, NDOT has already
partnered with the University of Nevada, Reno to conduct a preliminary
VMT study using GPS (global positioning software) to track miles
traveled. Although proponents of this method say that the devices could
be programmed not to record where people travel, location-sensing is
what GPS does - GPS sensors must know where you are in order to measure
how far you're moving. Additionally, the devices will need to know when
you are out-of-state so they stop charging you. While initially the GPS
devices may be artificially programmed to not record real-time location
data, it would be fairly simple to turn these devices into full-fledged
tracking devices... (I have it on good authority that photo-radar
cameras are "on" full-time and report license-plate numbers to a
centralized database. In other words, if a government agency wishes to
track a specific vehicle, it can check where it has been spotted by
these cameras.)
http://aclunv.org/category/issue/privacy/vmt
http://gonv.org/blog/2010/03/31/think-a-surveillance-society-is-a-good-idea/
The F.B.I.'s raids against members of a Michigan-based Christian militia
over the weekend added to concerns about rising far-right activity
across the country. Nine members of the group, called the Hutaree, face
sedition and weapons charges in a scheme to kill law enforcement
officers to incite an antigovernment revolt. As the government deals
with the re-emerging militia movement, what did it learn from the
experiences of the 1990s, from the disastrous sieges in Ruby Ridge,
Idaho, in 1992 and at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Tex., in
1993 to its handling of Oklahoma City bombing case? ... (My concern is
that the forces of the left learned to use the militia "movement" to
discredit the forces of the right.)
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/the-new-militias-vs-government/
..The temptation is there, of course, for anti-gunners to try smearing
all gun owners - and even some militia organizations - with a rather
broad brush. The arrests involve members of a group calling itself
Hutaree, and what they allegedly had in mind was open warfare against
police. It's all spelled out in a startling court document charging the
suspects...
http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m3d29-Dont-confuse-MI-suspects-with-lawabiding-gun-owners
On April 19, a group of defenders of gun rights is slated to hold a
Second Amendment March in Washington, and in various states across the
country. The idea, they say, "is to galvanize the courage and resolve of
Americans; to petition our elected officials against establishing
anti-gun legislation; and to remind America that the Second Amendment is
necessary to maintain our right to self defense." Why April 19? One
reason is that it's Patriots' Day, commemorating the anniversary of the
Battles of Lexington and Concord that touched off the Revolutionary War.
But as a reader of Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish points out, the date
also is significant for another, very different, reason. As many federal
employees know, it's the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. And
that has some folks on the left a little bent out of shape about the
scheduling of the Second Amendment March...
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0310/033010bq.htm
---
From AzCDL:
SB 1108, the Senate version of the AzCDL-requested Constitutional Carry
bill, was scheduled for a vote in the House Third Read today, but
because a Special Session had been called by the Governor, they didn't
have the time to work through all the bills. SB 1108 will be
rescheduled, hopefully for tomorrow's Third Read. On the plus side,
that gives you more time to urge your Representatives to vote for the
passage of SB 1108. AzCDL's Action Center letter has been updated to
reflect the upcoming vote. The House Third Read is the final vote in
the Legislature that will determine whether Constitutional Carry will be
sent to the Governor. If you have not sent your letter to your
Representatives, please do not delay any longer:
http://capwiz.com/azcdl/issues/alert/?alertid=14824091 .
Now for some really good news! HB 2543, the Firearms Preemption bill,
passed the Senate Third Read on March 30th by a vote of 20-9 with one
Senator not voting. This was the final vote for this bill in the
Legislature. None of this would have been possible without YOUR
involvement. HB 2543 strengthens state firearms preemption laws, adds
firearms storage and accessories to the list of things political
subdivisions cannot regulate, and removes the prohibition on carrying a
firearm in public parks without a concealed weapons (CCW) permit. HB
2543 has been sent back to the House and from there will be forwarded to
the Governor for her consideration. A letter to the Governor, urging
her to sign HB 2543, has been prepared and is waiting for you at AzCDL's
Action Center:
http://capwiz.com/azcdl/issues/alert/?alertid=14886141 .
Here's some more good news! HB 2307, the Firearms Freedom Act, which
passed out of the Senate Third Read on March 29th by a 22-8 vote, was
sent to the Governor on March 30th. A letter to the Governor, urging
her to sign HB 2307, has been prepared and is waiting for you at AzCDL's
Action Center:
http://capwiz.com/azcdl/issues/alert/?alertid=14886176 .
The Governor has 5 days (not counting Sunday) to make a determination on
the fate of any bill sent to her desk. She can sign it, let it pass
without her signature, or veto it. Any bill she does not veto will
become law 90 days after "Sine Die," the official adjournment of the
Legislature.
Stay tuned! When critical legislation moves, we will notify you via
these Alerts.
If you want to get legislative news as it happens, follow AzCDL on
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/AzCDL_Alerts .
AzCDL "tweets" from the Capitol with committee votes and breaking news
as it happens.
You can also follow AzCDL on Facebook:
http://tinyurl.com/FacebookAzCDL .
AzCDL's Political Action Committee (PAC) is also on Facebook:
http://tinyurl.com/FacebookAzCDLPAC .
These alerts are a project of the Arizona Citizens Defense League
(AzCDL), an all volunteer, non-profit, non-partisan grassroots
organization. Renew today!
http://www.azcdl.org/html/join_us_.html .
AzCDL - Protecting Your Freedom
http://www.azcdl.org/html/accomplishments.html .
Copyright � 2010 Arizona Citizens Defense League, Inc., all rights
reserved.
--
Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
The tactics and skills to use a firearm
in self-defense don't come naturally
with the right to keep and bear arms.
http://www.spw-duf.info
