Time To Go On Offense
  --Pro-gun preemption bill about to move

Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org

January 18, 2000


Dear Arizona Gun Owner:

Currently, the AZ firearms preemption law is very weak. It states:

   A. Ordinances of any political subdivision of this state relating
to the transportation, possession, carrying, sale and use of firearms
in this state shall not be in conflict with this chapter.

   B. A political subdivision of this state shall not require the
licensing or registration of firearms or prohibit the ownership,
purchase, sale or transfer of firearms.

In recent months the courts have interpreted this language to mean
that as long as state law does not address the possession of firearms
in given locales (such as parks), local governments can impose
outright bans in those locales. And local governments have done
exactly that.

HB 2582 will remedy this disgraceful situation. If passed, the new
law would read as follows:

   A. A political subdivision of this state shall not enact any
ordinance, rule or tax relating to the manufacture, transportation,
possession, carrying, sale and use of firearms or ammunition or any
firearm or ammunition components in this state.

   B. A political subdivision of this state shall not require the
licensing or registration of firearms or ammunition or any firearm or
ammunition components or prohibit the ownership, purchase, sale or
transfer of firearms or ammunition or any firearm or ammunition
components.

HB 2582 already has wide bi-partisan support, including House Speaker
Jeff Groscost as an original co-sponsor. That means that in the
House, at least, the bill has the on-record support of the
legislative leadership.

Therefore, the job you and I face at the moment is to get the
preemption bill to the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives
and win an up-or-down vote. Action on HB 2582 could occur as early as
this week.

Right away, please use the pre-written letter below (or better yet,
give the language to a pro-gun friend and write your own letter) to
contact members of the AZ House and insist they support this pro-gun
reform. A contact roster is included for your convenience.

Sincerely,

Dennis Fusaro
Director of State Legislation

----- pre-written letter -----

Dear Representative,

Please vote in favor of HB 2582, the bill to strengthen Arizona's
firearms preemption law.

HB 2582 protects my gun rights by prohibiting the enactment of more
gun control at the local level.

I also urge you to oppose any anti-gun or weakening amendments. HB
2582 is good legislation and should be passed exactly as written.

Sincerely,




Main House Numbers:

Phone 800-352-8404
Fax 602-542-4511

District Maps at:

http://www.azleg.state.az.us/maps/state.htm

Dis Name        E-mail                      Phone

01 Binder       lbinder@azleg.state.az.us   602-542-5413
01 Blewster     bblewste@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5412
02 Hart         jhart@azleg.state.az.us     602-542-4079
02 Verkamp      jverkamp@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-3300
03 Gordon       tgordon@azleg.state.az.us   602-542-5835
03 Laughter     laughter@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5862
04 Brimhall     dbrimhal@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5861
04 Flake        jflake@azleg.state.az.us    602-542-5219
05 Carruthers   jcarruth@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5273
05 McLendon     rmclendo@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-4430
06 Daniels      ldaniels@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5898
06 Kyle         rkyle@azleg.state.az.us     602-542-5549
07 Clark        hclark@azleg.state.az.us    602-542-5829
07 Rios         rrios@azleg.state.az.us     602-542-5030
08 Griffin      ggriffin@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5761
08 Maiorana     mmaioran@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5058
09 McGibbon     bmcgibbo@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-3235
09 Preble       lpreble@azleg.state.az.us   602-542-3312
10 Gonzales     sgonzale@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-4089
10 Valadez      rvaladez@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-3424
11 Cardamone    ccardamo@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-3395
11 Norris       dnorris@azleg.state.az.us   602-542-4893
12 Huffman      shuffman@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-3394
12 Schottel     dschotte@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5839
13 Dunbar       kdunbar@azleg.state.az.us   602-542-5828
13 Nichols      anichols@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5108
14 Horton       hhorton@azleg.state.az.us   602-542-5495
14 Pickens      mpickens@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-3425
15 Gleason      lgleason@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5409
15 Overton      joverton@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5894
16 Gray         lgray@azleg.state.az.us     602-542-3376
16 Weiers       jweiers@azleg.state.az.us   602-542-4639
17 Burns        rburns@azleg.state.az.us    602-542-5872
17 McGrath      jmcgrath@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-3255
18 Gerard       sgerard@azleg.state.az.us   602-542-5766
18 Wong         bwong@azleg.state.az.us     602-542-5836
19 Carpenter    tcarpent@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-1859
19 Voss         rvoss@azleg.state.az.us     602-542-5168
20 Brotherton   bbrother@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-4002
20 Foster       kfoster@azleg.state.az.us   602-542-5160
21 Cooley       dcooley@azleg.state.az.us   602-542-5874
21 Jarrett      mjarrett@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-3163
22 Loredo       jloredo@azleg.state.az.us   602-542-5830
22 Miranda      rmiranda@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-3392
23 Avelar       cavelar@azleg.state.az.us   602-542-3278
23 Landrum      llandrum@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5864
24 Horne        thorne@azleg.state.az.us    602-542-5977
24 Leff         bleff@azleg.state.az.us     602-542-5863
25 Cheuvront    kcheuvro@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5895
25 Weason       cweason@azleg.state.az.us   602-542-3297
26 Hatch-Miller jhatch@azleg.state.az.us    602-542-5051
26 May          smay@azleg.state.az.us      602-542-5408
27 Gardner      mgardner@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5896
27 Knaperek     knaperek@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5169
28 Allen        callen@azleg.state.az.us    602-542-4225
28 Marsh        wmarsh@azleg.state.az.us    602-542-5503
29 Anderson     manderso@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-4371
29 Gardner      wgarnder@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5760
30 Groscost     jgroscos@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-5735
30 Johnson      kjohnson@azleg.state.az.us  602-542-4467


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