Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill authorizes concealed carry into public establishments or public events.

Highlights:

• Authorizes a person who possesses a valid gun permit to carry a concealed weapon into public establishment or to a public event, except in the following cases (Sec. 1):
• A public establishment or public event that is a secured facility;
• A state, county, or municipal judicial department, law enforcement agency, or correctional facility;
• An area where firearm possession is prohibited by federal law;
• An educational institution;
• A community college district in this state or a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Board of Regents;
• Facilities operated by the Arizona State Hospital or facilities operated by a special health care district; or
• A public establishment that is a vehicle or craft.

• Defines “secured facility” as either (Sec. 1):
• A public establishment or public event that has security personnel and electronic weapons screening devices in place at each entrance to the public establishment or public event; or
• A public establishment or public event that has security personnel who electronically screen each person who enters the public establishment or public event to determine if the person is carrying a deadly weapon and require each person who is carrying a deadly weapon to leave the weapon in possession of the security personnel while the person is in the public establishment or at the public event.

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