ARIZONA
GUN OWNER'S
GUIDE UPDATES
All the gun laws in plain English
ARIZONA RECIPROCITY INFO
MAIN UPDATES FOR 2010
These changes went into effect on 7/29/10.
Additional statutes and conditions will be posted soon.
Constitutional Carry, Firearms Freedom, Preemption, Knife Preemption
Record-keeping ban, hunting and fishing ballot measure, more.
Two Key Laws Enacted in 2010 So Far (news release 4/6/10)
Statewide preemption is strengthened, preventing localities from infringing RKBA.
Firearms Freedom Act: Arizona joins national movement to control Congress.
UPDATES FOR 2009
CCW in liquor-licensed places OK without drinking, unless no-gun signs;
Domestic violence
protection extended to romantic or sexual partners;
Parking lots cannot
ban firearms locked in vehicles,
with exceptions;
Defensive display of a firearm in self defense defined and protected; more
Get 2007, 2008 and 2009 as a printable insert for your book.
DETAILED UPDATES FROM 2007 & 2008 LEGISLATURE
2007: No fingerprints on CCW renewal; no Katrina-style gun confiscations; localities can't disarm police;
forgetting to carry permit a petty offense; DNA samples; more. 2008: Illegal alien gun ban; airport carry OK
outside sterile areas; CCW for certain former felons; CCW training good for 5 years; massive overhaul of
sentencing guidelines with renumbering of familiar statutes, increased and decreased sentences spelled out,
arbitrary "dangerous offense" an optional charge prosecutors can use as a plea-bargaining tool; more.
PRELIMINARY UPDATES FROM THE 2007 & 2008 LEGISLATURE
Enacted after the 23rd Edition was released
2007: Emergency gun confiscation banned, renewal fingerprints eliminated, more
2008: CCW renewal-class requirement dropped; Rights restoration improved, more
UPDATES FROM THE 2006 LEGISLATURE
Enacted after the 22nd Edition was released
Burden of Proof corrected and Castle Doctrine strengthened, more
UPDATES to Edition 21 that are in
Edition 22 (2006)
Special changes in 2005:
High School Marksmanship
Law
Concealed Carry Law Amendments and more
Taser Stun Gun Law
UPDATES to Edition 20 that are in Edition
21 (2004)
Utah Drops Reciprocity with Arizona
(4/02)
UPDATES to Edition 19 that are in Edition
20
UPDATES to Edition 19, for 1999
UPDATES to Edition 18 that are in Edition
19
UPDATES to Edition 17 that are in Edition
18
UPDATES to Edition 16 that are in Edition
17
UPDATES to Edition 15 that are in Edition
16
• The history of Arizona's gun laws, beginning before statehood •
This thoroughly researched article by Tucson activist Ken Rineer
documents
how the state has no legitimate delegated authority to regulate
discreet carry of firearms, and how the state usurped powers
it does not and should not have.
