Date: Sat Oct 30 07:21:49 1999 From: alan@BLOOMFIELDPRESS.COM (Alan Korwin) Subject: Reciprocity established To: AZRKBA@asu.edu
ARIZONA RECIPROCITY LIST ARIZONA RECIPROCITY LIST ARIZONA RECIPROCITY LIST
by Alan Korwin, Author The Arizona Gun Owner's Guide
Mike Anthony is the attorney who teaches the legal portion of the Arizona carry-permit program, for the Dept. of Public Safety, to firearms instructors. He is also the attorney I worked with in writing "Gun Laws of America," and he's a darned good shot to boot. He assembled the following list, as of Oct. 1999:
States that recognize the Arizona carry permit:
Alaska Arkansas Idaho Indiana Kentucky Michigan Tennessee Texas Utah Wyoming
Other states' carry permits recognized by Arizona:
Arkansas Kentucky Texas Utah
Are you happy that reciprocity has finally started? You should be outraged that your Second Amendment rights have been reduced to a government-approved short list of states, for licensees only.
As many of you know, I've made it clear that I believe the carry permit and reciprocity idea is a scam that saps our energies, because:
it leads to a false sense of liberty while reintrpreting the Bill of Rights to mean keep-but-not-bear arms;
it is actually a grant of power to the government and a Bill of Rights tax, which is way outside any authority delegated to the government;
that it has succeeded wildly in registering all the most ardent supporters of gun rights, who were coerced into eagerly registering themselves by the promise of a few crumbs of freedom;
that without caving to the coercion they would be subject to forcible disarmament and arrest in direct contravention of their natural and Constitutional rights;
that the licensing and registration aspect would have been vigorously resisted had it been proposed by anti-rights groups, but because it was promoted by pro-rights groups it was enthusiastically accepted;
and that the Trojan horse of reciprocity has unwittingly made the rest of us -- more than 98% of the armed public -- unregistered gun owners in the eyes of the media and anti-rights crowd.
Oh, and, uh, it has zero effect on crime control. Maybe you too have noticed that setting up this whole system doesn't arrest anyone. We spend all this time and money tracking the good guys, instead of going after the bad guys.
To read more about this perspective, see my Position Papers on the subject. And check back later for any changes to the reciprocity list.
CAUTION:
Remember that a state may be listed as having reciprocity of some sort, but local police may not know it, may not abide by it and may decide to disarm and arrest you anyway.
You probably don't know very much about the rules in the states listed, the "proper authorities" aren't going to tell you, and anything you could get over the phone or by fax is going to be hopelessly inadequate. I co-wrote the 288-page "Texas Gun Owner's Guide" and let me tell you, it's totally different over there. http://www.gunlaws.com/tgog.htm. For example, if you let your piece show, you go to jail (unlike here in Arizona, open carry is a crime in Texas).
If you think all this is unfair, then badger your representatives to introduce the American Historical Rights Protection Act, http://www.gunlaws.com/lostcry.htm which basically says that if you have a gun and you're not doing anything wrong, that's not a crime.
At least, that's the way it used to be in the land of the free.
For Publication, 551 Words October 30, 1999 One-time North American Serial Rights Copyright 1999 Alan KorwinNot-for-profit circulation approved.
Alan Korwin is the author of seven best-selling books on gun law, including "Gun Laws of America--Every Federal Gun Law on the Books, with Plain English Summaries," and state gun guides for AZ, CA, FL, TX, VA. This paper is part of an ongoing series, click Position Papers on the home page, or write or call for copies.
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