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Gun Owners Win In The Senate 20-8-2: Pressure Full House
Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
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Arizona-- April 15 1999
Superb work!
Yesterday, April 14, the Arizona Senate passed a substitute for HB
2275. This substitute, as amended by Sen. Tom Freestone (R-30),
sends two very important pro-gun provisions to the House for final
passage. The vast majority of you know exactly what those two
provisions are, because you have been involved with this battle for
many weeks:
1. State preemption. Freestone's amendment restored the language of
HB 2615 which would prohibit cities and counties from enacting gun
control more stringent than that passed by the legislature. This has
been AZ gun owners' major battle this year, and the fact that
Freestone originally helped kill 2615 by walking out on a committee
vote demonstrates the power of grassroots politics. The pressure you
generated must have been intense.
2. Gun lawsuits cut-off. Arizona is joining numerous States in
attempting to stop money-hungry trial lawyers and city officials
from bringing frivolous lawsuits against firearms manufacturers and
sellers.
Conventional wisdom held that the bill would never pass. After all,
preemption had already died, and the Senate is far more anti-gun
than the House. But your pressure prevailed, and the final vote was
more in favor of gun rights than anyone expected.
ACTION: Contact Arizona State Representatives and insist that the
Senate amendments to HB 2275 be adopted EXACTLY AS TRANSMITTED TO
THE HOUSE. Changes in the language would open the door the
anti-gunners need. You managed the hard part-- getting this through
the Senate-- and the last thing you need is for the bill to be
watered down in conference committee.
Please contact Representatives as soon as possible and insist that
HB 2275 IN ITS CURRENT FORM becomes law. With polite but firm words,
make it clear that you expect state preemption and lawsuit
protection to land on the Governor's desk, with no additional
chances for anti-gunners to poison the well.
Main House Number:
800-352-8404
Current bill text at:
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/44leg/1r/bills/hb2275s.htm
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