16 February 2011, 10:57 am
I am a gun owner , I am a assault weapons owner, I have a carry permit , I own a fully automatic machine gun, so I guess you might call me pro gun , but this bill is nuts, here is a summary of it . Do you support this? Senate Bill 1201, sponsored by Sen. Ron Gould, R-Lake Havasu City, would do a number of things, including: - Allow people to carry firearms into all government-run facilities and many public events. The only places or events that could ban firearms would be those that post the correct sign, provide firearm lockers and have armed security and a metal detector. The law would apply to university classrooms, city buses and community festivals that get government permits. It would not apply to K-12 schools. - Change the wording of last year's concealed-weapons law to require an individual to answer "truthfully" when a law-enforcement officer asks whether the person is carrying a concealed weapon. The current wording requires the person to answer "accurately." Law-enforcement officials say the change could give leeway to a person who, for example, forgets a gun in a bag and inaccurately tells an officer he or she isn't carrying one. - Change the wording of Shannon's Law to make it a crime to "knowingly" discharge a firearm within city limits. It's currently a crime for someone to discharge a firearm with "criminal negligence." Bill opponents said the change would mean people could be convicted of violating this law only if the prosecution could prove they knew that shooting the gun could result in someone's death or injury. - Allow people to sue if they feel they were illegally stopped from carrying a firearm into a government facility or event. If a person wins the lawsuit and the government agency doesn't pay within 72 hours, the person has the right to seize as payment "any municipal vehicles used or operated for the benefit of any elected office holder" in the relevant government agency. Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2011/01/31/20110131arizona-gun-bill-aims-loosen-laws.html#ixzz1E9K9WR8f you are shooting a gun and dont understand that may injure or kill some one ? Its ok to forget that you are carrying a gun when a police officer ask you?... Read More »
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