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Arizona Legislative Update 4/19/02
Josey1
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Arizona Legislative Update 4/19/02
Shooting Range Protection, SB 1008, will be considered by the full House next week. SB 1008 protects shooting ranges from legal harassment by encroaching development. Range opponents are contacting their representatives regularly. Therefore, it is critical that you call your two Representatives at (602) 542-4221 and request that they actively support SB 1008. You can also E-mail your representatives by using the "Write Your Reps" box at right.
Also, Crime Gun Interdiction, HB 2329, will be considered by the full Senate soon. The bill was recently amended into an anti-gun bill proposed by Americans for Gun Safety (AGS), infamous for their relentless lobbying efforts to close the non-existent gun show "loophole." The bill now requires that law enforcement trace all firearms found at crime scenes. Of course, law enforcement already has this authority and should be trusted to do its job by tracing when appropriate.
If law enforcement already traces firearms as a standard investigatory tool (tracing is mandatorily done in jurisdictions like Phoenix, Mesa and Tucson), one must ask why this bill is being so vigorously pushed by the gun control zealots. There is a clear reason. AGS and other gun control proponents will be back to the Legislature in the future demanding that "loopholes" be closed in order to make these mandated traces more successful. They will ask for the prohibition of private transfers of firearms (the crux of their three year attack on gun shows) so that every single firearm transfer has a "paper trail" for tracing. Then, there is no doubt that the the gun control movement will demand as a "logical next step" licensing and registration. After all, AGS has listed the advocacy of "licensing and registration" as one of its "Six State Priorities."
Call or write your State Senator and tell him/her that this bill has a single strategic purpose-it is a launching pad for future calls for repressive gun control measures in Arizona. Tell them to vote "NO" on the gun control amendment to HB 2329. The phone number is (602) 542-3559. You can also E-mail your senator by using the "Write Your Reps" feature above. Make sure to tell your Representative or Senator that you are a constituent. Each and every communication is critical to the preservation of our firearms freedoms in Arizona.
http://www.nraila.org/LegislativeUpdate.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=364
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Shooting Range Protection, SB 1008, will be considered by the full House next week. SB 1008 protects shooting ranges from legal harassment by encroaching development. Range opponents are contacting their representatives regularly. Therefore, it is critical that you call your two Representatives at (602) 542-4221 and request that they actively support SB 1008. You can also E-mail your representatives by using the "Write Your Reps" box at right.
Also, Crime Gun Interdiction, HB 2329, will be considered by the full Senate soon. The bill was recently amended into an anti-gun bill proposed by Americans for Gun Safety (AGS), infamous for their relentless lobbying efforts to close the non-existent gun show "loophole." The bill now requires that law enforcement trace all firearms found at crime scenes. Of course, law enforcement already has this authority and should be trusted to do its job by tracing when appropriate.
If law enforcement already traces firearms as a standard investigatory tool (tracing is mandatorily done in jurisdictions like Phoenix, Mesa and Tucson), one must ask why this bill is being so vigorously pushed by the gun control zealots. There is a clear reason. AGS and other gun control proponents will be back to the Legislature in the future demanding that "loopholes" be closed in order to make these mandated traces more successful. They will ask for the prohibition of private transfers of firearms (the crux of their three year attack on gun shows) so that every single firearm transfer has a "paper trail" for tracing. Then, there is no doubt that the the gun control movement will demand as a "logical next step" licensing and registration. After all, AGS has listed the advocacy of "licensing and registration" as one of its "Six State Priorities."
Call or write your State Senator and tell him/her that this bill has a single strategic purpose-it is a launching pad for future calls for repressive gun control measures in Arizona. Tell them to vote "NO" on the gun control amendment to HB 2329. The phone number is (602) 542-3559. You can also E-mail your senator by using the "Write Your Reps" feature above. Make sure to tell your Representative or Senator that you are a constituent. Each and every communication is critical to the preservation of our firearms freedoms in Arizona.
http://www.nraila.org/LegislativeUpdate.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=364
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Comments
Being an Arizona resident, I have already contacted my Senator and Representative, letting them know my stance concerning SB 1008.
Arizona's gun laws were one of the reasons I made the decision to move to Arizona five years ago. Currently we have some of the best in the Union. It's our responsibility to protect them.
Always enjoy your posts, what sources do you use?
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Where in AZ are you from? I hail from downtown Tucson
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I reside in the Phoenix area, but get to Tucson on a regular basis as my parents moved to Tucson over 20 years. That was my main reason for moving to Arizona. Arizona gun laws only solidified.
Have you ever conducted business with Guns Exchange on 22nd Street? Jerry is a alittle crusty and rather opinionated, but very knowledable, and has some nice guns in his store at a fair to moderate price.
If you attend AZ Gun Shows very will have to schedule meeting some time.
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I know you weren't asking me, but when I saw somebody else who has been to Gun Exchange, I had to reply. Jerry might know a lot, but you're definitely right about him being crusty. I'm only 18, so I haven't met a lot of them, but he has to be one of the grumpiest gun shop owners I've ever met. Have you ever been to West of the Pecos on Pima? It's right next to Jensen's, but those guys are great. They help me out a lot and are some of the nicest people I have ever met.
Yes, I have spent some time and money at West of Pecos. Yes, they do run a first-class operation.
Looks like fellow Arizonians are being verbal today, that's good!
We'll have to plan a 'social hour' at a Arizona Gun Show in the future.
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Edited by - airborne on 04/21/2002 20:00:14
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." -Plato
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Yes over all AZ is a great place for gunners. NM ain't bad but the "grabbers" are on the move here.
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