Emergency gun bill passes committee despite bipartisan opposition
May 24, 2021
Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, right, speaks with Secretary of the Senate Claire Clift on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020 during the third day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (Pool Photo by David Calvert/Nevada Independent) Share
Nevada’s Senate and Assembly Judiciary committees in a joint session on Saturday, May 22, approved of a bill that would allow casinos to prohibit firearms on their properties despite bipartisan opposition that far outweighed support for the bill.
Senate Bill 452, which is now headed to the full Senate, has been called “gun-free zone” legislation by the National Rifle Association’s policy arm and a “stop-and-frisk” bill by the ACLU of Nevada. It would ban both open and concealed carry of firearms at prohibited locations, but it includes exceptions for casino security and law enforcement, residential unit owners and gun shows.
That same issue was raised by the ACLU and several others.
“This simply is a potentially deadly bill with good intentions,” said Athar Haseebullah, executive director of the Nevada ACLU.
Clark County Public Defender John Piro also expressed concerns the bill would lead to stop and frisk actions by the Metropolitan Police called to the scene for a suspected firearms violation. He too said the victims would invariably be disproportionately people of color.
Sen. Ira Hansen, R-Sparks, who said the bill “is almost asking to pat some one down.”
Dan Reid of the NRA asked why MGM can’t take care of its own security issues by arming its security staff.
Press Release: Nevada Assembly Passes Legislation to Decriminalize Minor Traffic Violations
Bill Would End Widespread Practice of Arresting & Jailing People Who Can’t Afford Minor Traffic Ticket
Yesterday, the Nevada Assembly approved legislation that would decriminalize minor traffic violations making them civil infractions and ending the widespread practice of issuing warrants when an individual can’t afford to pay the fines and fees imposed. Nevada is one of only 13 U.S. states that prosecutes minor traffic violations as criminal offenses, rather than as civil infractions.
AB 116 was introduced by Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen with seven primary sponsors including the Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro and 23 co-sponsors, including Republican Lisa Krasner, Nevada’s Assistant Minority Whip. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it will be heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday.
Laid-off casino and hotel workers picketed at the Nevada statehouse on Tuesday to demand state lawmakers pass a bill to require their former employers bring them back at pre-pandemic wages rather than hire new workers.
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Phil Jaynes, the president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 720, addresses demonstrators in front of the Nevada statehouse on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 in Carson City, Nev. Labor groups want state lawmakers to pass a bill guaranteeing workers laid off during the pandemic have a right to return and get first priority when resorts and casinos need to rehire workers.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) Laid-off casino and hotel workers picketed at the Nevada statehouse on Tuesday to demand state lawmakers pass a bill to require their former employers bring them back at pre-pandemic wages rather than hire new workers.