Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes individuals with concealed carry permits to enter most buildings.

Highlights:

• Defines ‘secured facility’ as the following, including (Sec. 1):

• A public establishment or event that has security personnel and electronic weapons screening devices in place at each entrance to the public establishment; or 

• A public establishment or public event that has security personnel who electronically screen each person who enters the public establishment or event to determine if the person is carrying a deadly weapon and the security personnel require that each person who is carrying a deadly weapon to leave the weapon in possession of the security personnel while the person enters the public establishment or event.

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes to allow individuals with concealed carry permits to bring their weapons into public establishments or places legally, unless (Sec. 1):

• The public establishment or event is a secured facility;

• The establishment is a state, county, municipal judicial department, prosecutorial office or facility, law enforcement agency or correctional facility; 

• The area is a place where firearm possession is prohibited by federal law;

• The place is an educational institution;

• The place is a community college district or a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Board of Regents;

• The establishment is a facility operated by the Arizona State Hospital or by a special healthcare district; or

• They are using their weapon to restrict the property rights of a property owner; or 

• They are carrying that weapon in a vehicle or craft.

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