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SB33: Outdoor theaters, cabarets, etc.; localities may adopt an ordinance to prohibit firearms on premise.

Chief Patron

Sen. Mamie Locke (D-2)

Mamie Locke (D-2)
Served: 2004–

Progress

Yes Introduced
No Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Status

01/22/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee

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Summary

Control of firearms; outdoor theaters, cabarets, carnivals, and fairs.  Provides that localities may adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, ammunition, or components or combinations thereof at outdoor theaters, cabarets, carnivals, and fairs at which 500 or more persons are authorized to lawfully attend.

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Comments

VACPS, tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

Defeated in committee

Gary Hill writes:

A knee jerk bill that is a total waste of time. Only people who would obey it are the ones that would not be causing trouble in the first place. It just creates gun free victim zones. Quit wasting the taxpayers money on these idiotic laws

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