Just wanted to stir up some discussion.
It appears to me that it wouldn't have been signed if Brewer hadn't spent all her political capital on prop 100. She desperately needed to regain conservative support after backing the tax increase. As much as I hate taxes, I don't mind the small increase since it bought so much
I think the whole immigration debate has been beneficial to constitutional carry as well. If they weren't all distracted with 1070, there'd probably be lots of anti-carry things going on right now. However you feel about 1070, it has provided us with some cover as the law goes into effect, as the issue has been pushed to the back burner in the minds of most.
Things are even better for open carry. Phoenix and other municipalities can't prohibit unlicensed open carriers from going into the parks any more. So far I've only seen one media story out of Tucson focusing on it, and EV Tribune only touches on it briefly as part of another article about all the new laws coming into effect tomorrow. If the only gun law change this year were the park carry changes, they'd be able to focus on that and maybe they'd be putting up legal challenges to try and grandfather the cities who have the signs up now.
But they're too distracted by 1070, and the few anti-carry people who aren't are distracted by constitutional carry.
The anti-carry crowd is too overwhelmed this year to oppose us at all. It's great.
What non-open-carry related legislation should we support next year to keep them off balance again?
It appears to me that it wouldn't have been signed if Brewer hadn't spent all her political capital on prop 100. She desperately needed to regain conservative support after backing the tax increase. As much as I hate taxes, I don't mind the small increase since it bought so much
I think the whole immigration debate has been beneficial to constitutional carry as well. If they weren't all distracted with 1070, there'd probably be lots of anti-carry things going on right now. However you feel about 1070, it has provided us with some cover as the law goes into effect, as the issue has been pushed to the back burner in the minds of most.
Things are even better for open carry. Phoenix and other municipalities can't prohibit unlicensed open carriers from going into the parks any more. So far I've only seen one media story out of Tucson focusing on it, and EV Tribune only touches on it briefly as part of another article about all the new laws coming into effect tomorrow. If the only gun law change this year were the park carry changes, they'd be able to focus on that and maybe they'd be putting up legal challenges to try and grandfather the cities who have the signs up now.
But they're too distracted by 1070, and the few anti-carry people who aren't are distracted by constitutional carry.
The anti-carry crowd is too overwhelmed this year to oppose us at all. It's great.
What non-open-carry related legislation should we support next year to keep them off balance again?