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Is anyone besides Uncle seeing muppet porn or anything else out of the ordinary?
February 8, 2005
CWP Reciprocity in Arizona
Paul Allen of the Tucson Citizen writes on a strange loophole (h/t: Uncly Wuncly) in Arizona law that allows Arizona residents who fail to qualify for concealed weapons permits under the laws of their own state to rely on a more easily obtained Utah permit, instead. On this topic, Mr. Allen quotes Dept. of Public Safety spokesman Bill Whalen as saying:
“There are about 1,000 Arizona residents who have Utah concealed weapon permits.” said Sgt. Bill Whalen, spokesman for the Department of Public Safety’s concealed weapon permit system. Arizona has 68,538 holders of its own permits, he said.
It’s probably a safe bet that at least some of the Zonies who hold Utah permits also hold Arizona permits, but it’s equally safe bet that some do not. Let’s assume that up to 1,000 do not. Is that a problem?
“The department basically is concerned about Arizona residents who have been denied a permit here getting a Utah permit and then coming back here, circumventing the system. “We are aware of that having occurred. I can think of at least four off the top of my head. They can carry concealed because of our reciprocity agreement.”
OK, but are these guys who have actually done anything? Or is Whalen just mad because those cheap bastards paid a lower fee to Utah than they would have paid to his state? (more…)
