Oops: From a list member: Prof. Joseph EDWARD Olson participated in an amicus brief on behalf of respondent from Academics For The Second Amendment. If Joseph LOUIS Olson also participated in an amicus brief, I am unaware of it. Perhaps a name similarity faux pas, perhaps two Joe Olsons...not certain. http://www.abanet.org/publiced/preview/briefs/pdfs/07-08/07-290_RespondentAmCuAcafor2ndAmend.pdf Prof. Olson is the 1995 founder of MN Concealed Carry Reform Now! and, later, the Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance. He participated heavily in lobbying for MN's "shall issue" legislation and, in fact, drafted a large portion of it. He is now president of the American Association of Certified Firearms Instructors (www.aacfi.com) and still teaching law. I have personally known Prof. Olson for many years. I've never heard of the other Joe Olson until now. --- A Gun Ban by Any Other Name...: ...On Friday, a federal District Court judge tried to indirectly reinstate the D.C. handgun ban. Judge Ricardo Urbina, a Clinton appointee, wants to make it so difficult for people living in DC to use a handgun defensively that few will get one. Last September, a Washington Post reporter, Christian Davenport, found out just how difficult it still is to get a handgun in D.C. even after the Supreme Court struck down the city's handgun ban. Excluding the price of the gun, the reporter spent $558.69 in various fees to get through the approval process. But that was only part of the cost. It took him "a total of 15 hours 50 minutes, four trips to the Metropolitan Police Department, two background checks, a set of fingerprints, a five-hour class and a 20-question multiple-choice exam." So when do these types of regulations constitute just as much of a ban on handguns as an outright ban? A dollar tax solely on newspapers would clearly be struck down as unconstitutional. The power to regulate can destroy both the First and Second Amendments. Despite the costs, about a thousand people may have gotten handgun permits. That is only about 0.2 percent of adults living in D.C. The big change from the 2008 Heller decision might have simply been that D.C. law now requires that gun owners (primarily those owning long guns) only have to store their guns locked and unloaded if minors might have access to them. And it is probably this change that helps explain why D.C.'s murder rate fell by 25 percent the year after the handgun ban was struck down as unconstitutional... (This John Lott commentary is definitely worth reading in its entirety.) http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/03/30/lott-john-gun-controll-dc-handgun-ban/ A ruling last Friday that dismissed a lawsuit in the District of Columbia over that city's Draconian gun laws has wide-ranging implications because it compelled the anti-gun Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence to reveal what it believes are "common-sense gun laws." The revelation came from Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke - the same guy who has been waging a war of social bigotry against Starbucks and its refusal to ban legally armed customers from its coffee shops - who issued a statement crowing about the case. This was the second lawsuit against the District by Dick Anthony Heller, this time represented by attorney and Second Amendment scholar Stephen Halbrook. The National Rifle Association was supporting this case, and Halbrook says the judge's ruling will be appealed... In effect, this judge thinks that the right of owning a gun is subject to the same bureaucratic red tape as the privilege of owning a car. And Helmke of the Brady Campaign thinks this is just swell; a regulatory morass through which a law-abiding citizen must wade simply to exercise a constitutionally-protected civil right... (I believe that Workman errs in calling automobile ownership a privilege; it is usually driving one on public roads that is treated as a privilege, subject to licensure. Take a look at David Kopel's 1999 essay, comparing gun ownership and car ownership - http://reason.com/archives/1999/11/01/taking-it-to-the-streets.) http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m3d30-DC-court-ruling-reveals-what-antigunners-call-commonsense-gun-laws --- In the Wake of Heller: These are the offspring of Heller: A woman contends her small stature makes her an appealing target for criminals but says she was turned down for a concealed-carry handgun permit by the Sacramento County sheriff. A California man, born without an arm below the right elbow, argues that the state's roster of "approved" handguns precludes him from being able to buy a left-handed Glock. An American man who now lives in Canada would like to purchase guns in the U.S. to store at his relatives' home in Mount Vernon, Ohio, to use for sporting and self-defense. All are now plaintiffs in suits that were filed in the wake of the June 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller ruling. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms at home, but left the door open to certain types of gun restrictions, many of which are currently being challenged. The Second Amendment Foundation, a Bellevue, Wash., nonprofit, that took in $3.6 million in revenue in 2008, is paying for their legal challenges. Their cases are being handled by its attorney, Alan Gura, who won the Heller case... http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/03/30/hellers-offspring-a-look-at-the-new-generation-of-gun-control-suits/?KEYWORDS=second+amendment --- Meanwhile, Near Chicago...: City officials will await a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Chicago's handgun ban to see if they want to amend a local ordinance regarding background checks for the sale of firearms. Waukegan's interest in the matter stems from the inadvertent resale last year of a gun later determined to have been stolen, which sparked discussion of a requirement for businesses to submit serial numbers for background checks before a firearm can be sold. But the proposal stalled in February before the Judiciary Committee, and Corporation Counsel Newton Finn advised aldermen Monday to "hold this until that (court) decision comes down" sometime this summer... The Waukegan issue stems from the sale of a handgun at Smoke 'N Gun on Grand Avenue to McAlister Avenue resident Deleetre Tennort, who told the City Council in December that the gun was determined to have been stolen after he was cited for firing it to ward off a reported burglary... http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/2129650,5_1_WA30_GUNLAW_S1-100330.article --- Looking at It Graphically...: One graph shows the number of states with shall-issue CCW, from 1986 to 2008. The companion graph shows the number of firearm-related homicides in the US, per 10,000 population, from 1886 to 2006. The usual caveat applies - it's risky to base RKBA arguments on crime statistics as the latter can be influenced by many factors. Note the homicide peaks between 1990 and 1994; had we only looked at data for that period, the trend would have looked very different. http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/03/graph_of_the_day_for_march_31.html --- From Whom Do Gun-Free Zones Protect?: ...The tangent point between these circles represents the crowd that we are being protected from by gun free zones. Normally they are law abiding and thus don't carry weapons into a posted gun free zone. These folks, however, have incredibly hot tempers and amazingly poor judgment. They also have no ability to think of consequences past the immediate moment. They are the ones who get so angry, so fast that if they had a gun at the critical moment they would shoot you dead. "Take that, you incompetent fool!" If they had to leave the area and drive home to get their gun first, they would cool down and probably be deflected by a sandwich. Now that my hypothesis has identified the group that we are being protected against, we have to weigh the benefit of that protection against the benefit we might get from the much larger, normal group being allowed to carry weapons everywhere there isn't an enforced, disarmed zone such as a secured courthouse with metal detectors and guards and secure storage for the weapons. I don't know how many folks fall into the newly identified category, but I bet it is about as big as represented in the diagram. I do know that statistically, concealed carry permit holders are more law abiding than the general public and that most carry their weapons quietly for years with no incidents at all... http://www.examiner.com/x-2944-Denver-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m3d30-Who-are-we-protected-from-with-a-gun-free-zone --- DOJ Blocks Access to Whistleblower Site: Firearms designer Len Savage sent me an email this morning calling my attention to a post on attorney David Hardy's Of Arms and the Law blog. Access to the CleanUpATF.org website is being blocked from Department of Justice computers. Users attempting to visit it are reminded that they're being watched and noted... We've discussed CleanUpATF numerous times here at Gun Rights Examiner. They're the group of ATF employees who are fed up (pun intended) with corruption and incompetence at the bureau, and who formed "a non-profit organization dedicated to returning integrity, accountability and decency to the management of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE or 'ATF')." ... http://www.examiner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m3d30-Why-is-government-blocking-access-to-ATF-whistlebower-website --- Invest in Lead: G. Gordon Liddy says: "Buy your gold where I buy mine! At Rosland Capital!" Goldline International, Inc., trusted and used by Glenn Beck! Rush Limbaugh says! "Get your free gold guide from Lear Capital!" Everyone these days is trying to get you to convert your paper money into precious metals. It's more stable during unsure economic times. In fact, when the dollar goes down, gold and silver go up! ...Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not dirt-talking gold and silver. In fact, I'd love to have more of it. It's just not in the cards for me right now. However, there is a third precious metal that I can afford. It's called "lead"! That's right, it's the precious metal that increases in value when crime goes up and when tyrannical governments threaten freedom's flame. Lead is tried and true. For two-hundred and thirty-five years, Americans have been including lead in their financial portfolios, and with great success I might add. It's the precious metal for rich and poor alike, and its value never reaches zero! In fact, I'm carrying several troy ounces of lead on my person right now. Who needs American Express. "Lead! Don't leave home without it!" I believe that lead is so valuable these days that I've got hundreds of pounds of it in my financial portfolio at home. I've got rifle lead in .22, 5.56 and .223 calibers. I've got pistol lead in just about every conceivable shape and size, and last, but certainly not least, I've got enough shotgun lead to blow away even the most enthusiastic of precious metal speculators. Yes, I'm a very blessed man... http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=36230 --- The Perils of Flying: ...Aha! That's where the crime came in. The Firearms Owners' Protection Act protected Revell on the plane, and would have protected him on the bus. But the moment the luggage came into his hands or otherwise became "readily accessible" to him outside a car - here, when he got the luggage to go to the hotel, but it would have also happened if he had gotten the luggage to put it into the trunk of a rental car - he violated New Jersey law, which requires a permit to possess a handgun (and which bans the hollow-point ammunition that Revell also had in a separate locked container in his luggage). Revell was arrested when he checked in with the luggage at Newark Airport, and said (as he was supposed to) that he had an unloaded gun in a locked case in his luggage; he then spent four days in jail until he was released on bail. Eventually the New Jersey prosecutor dropped the charges against him, but Revell didn't get the gun and his other property back until almost three years later. Revell sued, and lost; the Third Circuit concluded that once he took the luggage in hand in New Jersey, it became "readily accessible," and the FOPA immunity was lost. And this is indeed a sensible reading of the statutory text... http://volokh.com/2010/03/30/unexpected-flight-delay-hotel-stay-criminal-prosecution-for-gun-possession/ --- Idaho Firearms Freedom Act Heads to Governor: The Idaho Firearms Freedom Act, having previously passed the Idaho House, has now passed the Idaho Senate and is on its way to the desk of Governor Butch Otter. Governor Otter is expected to sign the bill. When he does, that will make Idaho the sixth state to enact an FFA. This bill would create a confrontation at the federal level by making it legal to possess a firearm in Idaho regardless of federal regulations PROVIDED the firearm's use AND manufacture meet certain requirements, including being manufactured in Idaho, with products produced in Idaho and stamped "Made in Idaho." http://www.ammoland.com/2010/03/30/idaho-firearms-freedom-act-heads-to-governors-desk/ --- Iowa Shall-Issue Bill Heads to Governor: The Iowa House and Senate have both signed off on a bill that reduces sheriffs' ability to deny permits to carry a gun. The bill essentially changes the law from saying sheriff's "may" issue gun permits to they "shall" issue permits. If the governor signs the bill, people must still pass a background check, but sheriffs will only be able to reject permits for a few specific reasons. People who shop at Marion's Cedar Valley Outfitters cherish their right to carry a weapon. Many believe sheriffs have rejected too many people for frivolous or personal reasons... Most sheriffs in Iowa disagree and fear this new legislation could lead to more guns on the streets and less monitoring of the weapons. "I think it's unfortunate the NRA was able to come in, push the legislature around and get them to go along with this," Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek said... Within the next 30 days, Governor Culver will decide whether to sign the bill into law. http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/89567542.html The NRA is reportedly threatening to campaign against a pro-gun Iowa legislator because he is pushing a bill that is too pro-gun. Rep. Kent Sorenson is an outspoken gun advocate and one of the leading voices for 2nd Amendment rights in the Iowa legislature. He introduced and pushed for a right-to-carry bill that would have given people the right to carry a gun, concealed or otherwise, without having to obtain a permit. The bill did not pass because of a tie vote. Other compromise bills have also been introduced. Sorenson is against these "watered down" bills, saying they don't provide true gun rights. The NRA is involved in crafting one of these compromise bills that was introduced last week by two traditionally anti-gun politicians. The bill was written in such a way that moderates could support it, giving it a better chance of passing. Sorenson came out against the NRA bill. So according to a report on Ammoland.com, a lobbyist working for the NRA went to Sorenson and told him if he didn't support the bill, the NRA would work to get his opponent elected in an upcoming election - an anti-gun candidate at that... http://www.opposingviews.com/i/is-iowa-lawmaker-kent-sorenson-too-pro-gun-for-nra --- Meanwhile, in Nevada...: NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre was on hand to celebrate the grand opening of a new $61 million shooting range in Nevada. But most alarming was that Senator Harry Reid was there at LaPierre's side as if Reid has been a lifetime supporter of the Second Amendment. While most of us want the "Socialist" Senator Reid thrown out of office, the NRA is doing their best to keep him firmly planted. Apparent message from the NRA: "Help us build a gun range and we will look the other way and work hard to get you re-elected Senator Reid". Need I say any more about these "Political Ass Kissers"? ... http://www.examiner.com/x-25069-Cheyenne-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m3d29-NRA-gives-Senator-Reid-more-praise--enough-already --- Kansas Students Split on Campus Carry: The possibility of students carrying loaded, concealed weapons at the University could offer extra protection or pose unnecessary danger to the campus community. It all depends on who you ask. House Bill 2685, which passed the Kansas House of Representatives Wednesday, would allow people with concealed carry licenses to bring their weapons with them onto campus. Now, as the Kansas Senate prepares to debate the bill, students are debating what this change would mean for them. "I'm all for it. I was just talking to my friends about this last night," Kelsey Heard, a sophomore from Olathe, said. "My brother is a cop and half of my family has a concealed carry license. Like what happened at Virginia Tech, people need to be prepared." But students who oppose the bill said that it would create more danger than protection. "I would not feel safe," Elizabeth Boresow, a sophomore from Leawood, said. "It's unnecessary, students are under a lot of stress, they definitely don't need to have guns on campus. University officials agree with Boresow's sentiment... http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/mar/30/concealed-weapons-bill-causes-stir/ --- Jury Acquits California Student of CCW Charge: An Army veteran and Dean's List student who was prosecuted over a legally-registered, unloaded gun was found not guilty by a San Francisco jury Wednesday. Jury members deliberated just 45 minutes before acquitting San Francisco resident Wayne Lee Banks Jr., 26, of carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle. The misdemeanor charge carries up to a year in jail. Banks, who has no criminal convictions, was arrested Oct. 9, 2009 following a contested traffic stop at Kearny and Clay streets. Officers stated in the police report that they immediately saw a handgun in a belt holster propped up against the center console. "Despite officers describing the gun as immediately visible to justify the detention, Mr. Banks was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. You can't have it both ways. It's not a magic gun," said his attorney, Deputy Public Defender Maria Lopez... A sergeant and two officers from the San Francisco Police Department testified at the trial. Police also submitted photographs of Banks' gun partially wedged into the corner of his seat. During cross examination by Lopez, however, the sergeant admitted that the photographs were taken after he had handled the gun and placed it in that position... http://sfpublicdefender.org/media/2010/03/jury-acquits-honor-student-gun-charge/ --- California Sheriff Challenges Gunners: Sheriff Sandra Hutchens drew a line in the sand Monday night in her bid for election June 8. "If you want more guns and CCWs (concealed weapon permits), then you should vote for one of my opponents," Hutchens said before a crowd of young Republicans who, judging by their hoots, plan to do just that. The appointed sheriff is betting the race will come down to more than whether her gun policy is too restrictive. At a candidates' forum sponsored by Orange County Young Republicans, Hutchens repeatedly invoked the law for some of her unpopular policies, like not granting gun permits to people who aren't facing a specific threat. Or releasing some inmates early... Her opponents, former sheriff's Lt. Bill Hunt and Anaheim Deputy Police Chief Craig Hunter, practically promised to hand out concealed weapon permits to anybody with a clean record and something to protect - be it jewels or a family... http://totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com/2010/03/29/sheriff-hutchens-forgoes-gun-lobby/32743/ --- Catch-22 in Washington: A medical marijuana activist who nearly killed an intruder in his home during a shootout this month has been barred from buying guns because he's a pot patient, according to an e-mail sent Tuesday by authorities. The e-mail from the King County sheriff's office to Steve Sarich said his paperwork authorizing him to use and grow marijuana for medical reasons was enough to deny him the possession of weapons. A copy of the e-mail was obtained by The Associated Press. Sarich, 59, said he tried to buy a shotgun and a pistol a few days after the March 15 shootout to replace ones seized by investigators. He said he has no criminal record but failed the background check because of federal laws prohibiting "unlawful users" of controlled substances from buying or otherwise receiving guns. Marijuana is illegal under federal law. The e-mail written by records unit supervisor Ann Swartz said that when Sarich reported a previous burglary at his Kirkland home, he showed his medical marijuana-use paperwork to investigators. The sheriff's office then forwarded the burglary report to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System legal staff... http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011482703_apwahomeinvasionpotactivist1stldwritethru.html --- Oops, Wrong House: A homeowner on Missionary Ridge shot a burglar on Monday, sending him to a Erlanger Hospital with critical injuries. Rossville, Ga. Police Chief Sid Adams said Marvin Wallace was shot at least twice and maybe more times. He said the incident happened in the 1300 block of South Crest Road in Rossville, Ga. Chief Adams said Gary Anderson was upstairs when he noticed a strange vehicle in his driveway. He got his handgun and walked downstairs. He said the homeowner found two men in his computer room. They ran past him, while shoving him in the process. The homeowner began to fire shots at the fleeing burglars in the living room near the front door. The burglar who was hit fell just outside the front door. The second man, Andre Jenkins, was caught a short distance away on the Tennessee side... Detective David Scroggins said no charges will be filed against the homeowner... (Anderson is lucky; firing at fleeing burglars is a risky proposition in most states.) http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_172237.asp --- God Forbid!: More than two months after an ABC News report that rifle scopes used by U.S. soldiers are inscribed with secret Biblical references, troops in Afghanistan and Iraq are still carrying the so-called Jesus rifles - and the U.S. military says it could take a year to remove the Bible codes from all its weapons. "Shame on them forever for their impossibly slow, plodding and utterly backwards plan for correction of this national and international disgrace," said Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF). Weinstein, whose advocacy group promotes the separation of church and state in the military, said the MRFF has received numerous messages from troops deployed in Afghanistan complaining that the Gospel inscriptions on Trijicon rifle scopes place them at added risk. A military spokesperson also told ABC News that Biblical references had been removed from just over a third of the military's Trijicon scopes, but that most of the scopes that had been altered were being used by troops in training situations and on bases, not by troops in war zones... (Had it not been for the ABC report, how would the Taliban and others opposing our troops even know the meaning of those "secret Biblical references"?) http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/military-year-fix-jesus-rifles/story?id=10106096 --- Tangentially Related: The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) is studying ways to replace the fuel tax with a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) program in order to charge drivers for the number of miles they travel rather than the fuel they consume. NDOT will be holding public information meetings to present their proposals and get feedback from the public (see below for more information). Although the ACLU of Nevada takes no position regarding tax policies, we oppose any resulting information collecting method that would threaten individual privacy rights, particularly if it allows the government to create an infrastructure for routine surveillance. While the method of tracking miles traveled under VMT has not yet been established, NDOT has already partnered with the University of Nevada, Reno to conduct a preliminary VMT study using GPS (global positioning software) to track miles traveled. Although proponents of this method say that the devices could be programmed not to record where people travel, location-sensing is what GPS does - GPS sensors must know where you are in order to measure how far you're moving. Additionally, the devices will need to know when you are out-of-state so they stop charging you. While initially the GPS devices may be artificially programmed to not record real-time location data, it would be fairly simple to turn these devices into full-fledged tracking devices... (I have it on good authority that photo-radar cameras are "on" full-time and report license-plate numbers to a centralized database. In other words, if a government agency wishes to track a specific vehicle, it can check where it has been spotted by these cameras.) http://aclunv.org/category/issue/privacy/vmt http://gonv.org/blog/2010/03/31/think-a-surveillance-society-is-a-good-idea/ The F.B.I.'s raids against members of a Michigan-based Christian militia over the weekend added to concerns about rising far-right activity across the country. Nine members of the group, called the Hutaree, face sedition and weapons charges in a scheme to kill law enforcement officers to incite an antigovernment revolt. As the government deals with the re-emerging militia movement, what did it learn from the experiences of the 1990s, from the disastrous sieges in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992 and at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Tex., in 1993 to its handling of Oklahoma City bombing case? ... (My concern is that the forces of the left learned to use the militia "movement" to discredit the forces of the right.) http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/the-new-militias-vs-government/ ...The temptation is there, of course, for anti-gunners to try smearing all gun owners - and even some militia organizations - with a rather broad brush. The arrests involve members of a group calling itself Hutaree, and what they allegedly had in mind was open warfare against police. It's all spelled out in a startling court document charging the suspects... http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m3d29-Dont-confuse-MI-suspects-with-lawabiding-gun-owners On April 19, a group of defenders of gun rights is slated to hold a Second Amendment March in Washington, and in various states across the country. The idea, they say, "is to galvanize the courage and resolve of Americans; to petition our elected officials against establishing anti-gun legislation; and to remind America that the Second Amendment is necessary to maintain our right to self defense." Why April 19? One reason is that it's Patriots' Day, commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord that touched off the Revolutionary War. But as a reader of Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish points out, the date also is significant for another, very different, reason. As many federal employees know, it's the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. And that has some folks on the left a little bent out of shape about the scheduling of the Second Amendment March... http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0310/033010bq.htm --- From AzCDL: SB 1108, the Senate version of the AzCDL-requested Constitutional Carry bill, was scheduled for a vote in the House Third Read today, but because a Special Session had been called by the Governor, they didn't have the time to work through all the bills. SB 1108 will be rescheduled, hopefully for tomorrow's Third Read. On the plus side, that gives you more time to urge your Representatives to vote for the passage of SB 1108. AzCDL's Action Center letter has been updated to reflect the upcoming vote. The House Third Read is the final vote in the Legislature that will determine whether Constitutional Carry will be sent to the Governor. If you have not sent your letter to your Representatives, please do not delay any longer: http://capwiz.com/azcdl/issues/alert/?alertid=14824091 . Now for some really good news! HB 2543, the Firearms Preemption bill, passed the Senate Third Read on March 30th by a vote of 20-9 with one Senator not voting. This was the final vote for this bill in the Legislature. None of this would have been possible without YOUR involvement. HB 2543 strengthens state firearms preemption laws, adds firearms storage and accessories to the list of things political subdivisions cannot regulate, and removes the prohibition on carrying a firearm in public parks without a concealed weapons (CCW) permit. HB 2543 has been sent back to the House and from there will be forwarded to the Governor for her consideration. A letter to the Governor, urging her to sign HB 2543, has been prepared and is waiting for you at AzCDL's Action Center: http://capwiz.com/azcdl/issues/alert/?alertid=14886141 . Here's some more good news! HB 2307, the Firearms Freedom Act, which passed out of the Senate Third Read on March 29th by a 22-8 vote, was sent to the Governor on March 30th. A letter to the Governor, urging her to sign HB 2307, has been prepared and is waiting for you at AzCDL's Action Center: http://capwiz.com/azcdl/issues/alert/?alertid=14886176 . The Governor has 5 days (not counting Sunday) to make a determination on the fate of any bill sent to her desk. She can sign it, let it pass without her signature, or veto it. Any bill she does not veto will become law 90 days after "Sine Die," the official adjournment of the Legislature. Stay tuned! When critical legislation moves, we will notify you via these Alerts. If you want to get legislative news as it happens, follow AzCDL on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AzCDL_Alerts . AzCDL "tweets" from the Capitol with committee votes and breaking news as it happens. You can also follow AzCDL on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/FacebookAzCDL . 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