Some are calling it a gun rights bill and others are saying it is a victory for gun rights advocates. A bill already passed by the Arizona Senate and now the House, will move on to Governor Napolitano for signing.
The bill says that when anyone bans guns from an event or public building, they must provide a secure place where an individual’s gun can be locked up while they are inside and retrieved when they come out.
What foolishness really! If you honestly consider why a person wants to carry and the rights provided them under the Constitution, what good is it doing them to lock their gun up outside the building?
Most people carry weapons for protection and self defense. What good does that weapon do anyone who needs to protect themselves when it is locked up outside somewhere?
Others say that such a bill requiring the provision of space for securing a weapon will become cost prohibitive. The same bill states that any event or building, etc. that does not provide a secure lock up, has to allow the carrier inside with their weapon.
A bill that restricts the right to bear arms in any form is a gun control bill. This is no different than requiring trigger locks on guns in your own home.
Some question how this new law will effect an existing law that allows operators of events and owners of public buildings to ban weapons. While this compromise bill is seen by some as a tiny step toward an easing of gun restrictions, it is done so only on paper.
Tom Remington
