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Open Carry and Concealed Carry will be Legal in Arizona, without any need for a Permit to do so, sometime in July!
Arizona will join the ranks of Alaska and Vermont in this area, and it will be the third State to do so.
Open Carry is Legal in Public Buildings in Arizona. The Law in this regard reads:
Arizona Revised Statute 13-3102
A Person commits Misconduct by Weapons by knowingly:
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10 [Unless authorized under 13-3102(C)]... enter any Public Establishment [with a Weapon]... after [receiving] a reasonable request by the Operator of The Establishment... to remove or secure... [the Weapon], [such request to remove or secure a Weapon shall be in accordance with 13-3102.01].
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ARS 13-3102, supra, (M)(1) Public Establishment means a Structure, Vehicle or Craft that is owned, leased or operated by this State or a Political Subdivision of this State.
Therefore, if a Public Establishment does not want Weapons on its own Premises, then, it must follow the guise of ARS 13-3102, the matter being Preempted by The State of Arizona under ARS 13-3108.
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ARS 13-3102.01 Storage of [Weapons], etc, [pursuant to ARS 13-3102(A)(10).]
A. If an operator of a Public Establishment... [reasonably] requests that a Person carrying a Deadly Weapon remove the Weapon, the Operator or Sponsor shall provide temporary and secure storage. The storage shall be readily accessible on entry into the Establishment...[,] and allow for the immediate retrieval of the Weapon on exit from the Establishment..., [ex. seq. ARS 13-3102(A)(10)].
B. This section does not apply to the Licensed Premises of any Public Establishment... with a License [refers to Alcohol License/Licensing]issued pursuant to Title 4.
C. The Operator of the Establishment... or the Employee of the Operator or Sponsor or the Agent of the Sponsor, including a Public Entity or Public Employee, is not liable for acts or omissions pursuant to this section unless the Operator, Sponsor, Employee or Agent intended to cause injury or was grossly negligent.
D. For the purposes of this section, "Public Establishment"...ha the same meaning/ prescribed in section 13-3102.
ARS 13-3108 State Preemption [of] Weapons
A.... A Political Subdivision of this State shall not enact any Ordinance, Rule or Tax relating to the transportation, possession, Carrying, sale, transfer or 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.
***Therefore, pursuant to ARS 13-3102 through 13-3108, if you enter a Public Establishment with a Firearm, and the Rightful Governmental Entity does not like it, they can reasonably ask you to store it..., provided; you may retrieve it [The Firearm] as you leave.***