Posted on 04/03/2012 8:40:50 AM PDT by marktwain
Catalina, AZ --(Ammoland.com)- HB 2729, which would require operators of state and local government property, wishing to ban firearms, to control access using law enforcement personnel or armed guards and metal detectors, passed out of the Senate Rules Committee on Monday, April 2nd.
The next step is a Senate Committee of the Whole (COW) hearing. We need to act now!
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If HB 2729 becomes law, there is a strong possibility you will see fewer “no firearms” signs on state and local government property, because a cheap sign pasted on the door will no longer be enough. There would be the added responsibility of ensuring the safety of those entering the property. And, operators of government property could be sued for not complying with the law.
HB 2729 needs to pass out of the Senate COW hearing before a formal Third Read Vote can be conducted. Third Read is the last step in the Senate before this bill can be sent to the Governor.
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I am a life member.
I go concealed armed virually EVERYWHERE in AZ. cept places with a metal detector.
That works for this Coloradan.
Providing a security guard that has little or no training can make things worse for the safely of the general public and the law suits that follow injures or death.
Businesses that sell hazardous materials have a Duty To Warn their customers.
Gun Free Zones have a Duty To Protect.
About the only places in AZ where I have ever seen anti-gun signs are like MRI labs, and a few liberal oriented shops. Oh, and federal buildings and courthouses.
There are probably more down south in the Democrat controlled counties, but even that is problematic. Arizona has some of the most heavily armed Democrats in the US.
Some years back in Buffalo, there was an incident at one of the schools that had been declared a “Gun Free Zones”, on this one occasion a police officer with his gun entered a school went to where his wife was working and shot and killed her.
I guess “Gun Free” doesn’t apply to law enforcement officers.
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