Defacto Firearms Registration Stopped
Glendale, AZ – -(AmmoLand.com)- On Tuesday, May 11, 2010, Governor Brewer signed HB 2629.
HB 2629 is a great example of how a few activists can make a big difference. It resulted from Mohave County being overly broad in interpreting the law requiring the storage of firearms when entering public (i.e., government) buildings. It seems a lot of extra record keeping was in place, in effect registering gun owners and their firearms.
Fortunately the process was videotaped by concerned citizens and shared with AzCDL and the legislature.
A House bill (HB 2629) was reconstituted by a “strike everything” amendment to address the issue. The new law prohibits a political subdivision from requiring or maintaining any permanent or temporary records related to the storage of firearms that contain descriptions (serial numbers, etc.) of firearms or their owners. The text of HB 2629 can be found here: https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2629s.pdf .
Included in HB 2629 is language that clarifies that “A person has no duty to retreat before threatening or using deadly physical force…if the person is in a place where the person may legally be and is not engaged in an unlawful act.”
The effective date of HB 2629 is July 29, 2010.
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AzCDL believes that the emphasis of gun laws should be on criminal misuse and that law-abiding citizens should be able to own and carry firearms unaffected by unnecessary laws or regulations. AzCDL was founded by a group of local activists who recognized that a sustained, coordinated, statewide effort was critical to protecting and expanding the rights of law-abiding gun owners. As a like-minded coalition of activists, the AzCDL founders were instrumental in the successful passage of the first major improvement to Arizona’s CCW (concealed carry) laws since they were instituted in 1994. Visit: www.azcdl.org
