Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 19:07:39 -0700 (MST) From: thekoba@aztec.asu.edu (K J WALSH) Subject: reservation gun permits To: snail Cc: thekoba Reply-To: thekoba@aztec.asu.edu
26 February 2001
Department of Public Safety Salt River Pima-Maricopa Community Tribal Office 10005 E Osborn Road Scottsdale AZ 85256
Re: Reservation gun permit
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Salt River Community Code Section 6-130(b), I wish to apply for a permit to carry single shot and semiautomatic firearms within the jurisdiction of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Pursuant to Section 6-130(d), I agree to accept the jurisdiction of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Court in any action for damages resulting from my possession of a weapon.
Please send me any needed application materials. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kevin Walsh
26 February 2001
Department of Public Safety Fort McDowell Indian Community PO BOX 17779 Fountain Hills AZ 85269
Re: Reservation gun permit
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community Code Section 6-130(b) I wish to apply for a permit to carry single shot and semiautomatic firearms within the jurisdiction of the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community. Pursuant to Section 6-130(d), I agree to accept the jurisdiction of the Fort McDowell Tribal Court in any action for damages resulting from my possession of a weapon.
Please send me any needed application materials. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kevin Walsh
COMMENTARY
Dear Mike,
It seems peculiar to me that Section 6-130 of the Salt River Code and Section 6-130 of the Fort McDowell Code should be almost identical. I think the tribes must have gotten together on this one. I'll let you know what response, if any, I get from them. Just looking up the laws was an ordeal. The Phoenix city libraries and the Scottsdale city libraries didn't have them. The tribes were offering to sell me the code books for $60 (Salt River) and $50 (Fort McDowell). I finally found them in the ASU library.
Basically if you cross tribal land without a gun permit, you have to store your guns unloaded and in an inaccessible place, so to reduce the inconvenience of travelling armed to Payson (across Fort McDowell land) or to my job (on the 101 on Salt River land), I am applying for these permits.
--Kevin