02/13/1997 03:34 PM Senate STA

                                                                               
        SJR 14 SUPPORT FEDERAL CONCEALED GUN LEGISLATION                      
                                                                              
  CHAIRMAN GREEN  called the Senate State Affairs Committee to order           
 at 3:34 p.m., and brought up SJR 14 as the first order of business            
 before the committee.                                                         
                                                                               
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  BILL STOLTZE , staff to Senator Rick Halford, who is prime sponsor           
 of SJR 14, explained the resolution is straightforward with one               
 resolve supporting a national standard in accordance with which               
 nonresidents of a state may carry certain concealed firearms.                 
 Because of confusing regulations that vary in the 50 states, it is            
 problematic for an individual who has a concealed handgun permit in           
 Alaska to carry that handgun into another state.  SJR 14 endorses             
 H.R. 339, which will allow the carry of a concealed handgun in                
 another state.  The permittee would have to comply with the laws of           
 the other state, but if that state doesn't have an existing law,              
 then there are federal regulations providing where the handgun can            
 or cannot be carried.                                                         
                                                                               
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 There being no further testimony or questions on SJR 14,  CHAIRMAN            
 GREEN  asked for the pleasure of the committee.                               
                                                                               
  SENATOR MILLER  moved SJR 14 and the accompanying fiscal note be             
 passed out of committee with individual recommendations.  Hearing             
 no objection, it was so ordered.