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SB452 gives casinos of a certain size the ability to call the police whenever anyone but law enforcement carries a firearm onto their property without staff having to first give them a warning.
Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro presented the measure during a four-hour joint session of the Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committees Saturday.
“Private businesses already have the ability to prohibit firearms on their premises. That is something they may already do, and we are trying to seek to make sure that is something they can properly enforce,” said Cannizzaro.
While presented as a matter of public safety, opponents saw it as a dramatic violation of civil liberties.
On Saturday, May 22nd, the Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committees will be holding a joint hearing on Senate Bill 452. As reported, SB 452 was introduced as an emergency bill, reviving the gun-free zone expansion language previously amended out of Assembly Bill 286.