Firearm safe storage proposal introduced in Alaska House of Representatives
Tuesday PM (SitNews) Juneau, Alaska - A proposal to promote the safe storage of firearms was introduced in the Alaska House of Representatives last week.
House Bill 203, introduced by Rep. Adam Wool (D-Fairbanks), would encourage gun owners to safely secure weapons in their homes to avoid accidental injuries and deaths by establishing the offense of misconduct involving weapons in the sixth degree.
This would simply allow law enforcement officials to issue citations to people who, in the course of investigations into deaths and injuries, are found to have left firearms unsecured – meaning, without a trigger lock or placed outside of a locked container. Citations could range from $500 to $1,000.
Ketchikan Assembly to Consider Resolution to Protect Individual Civil Rights Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination Cards
COVID-19 Record Cards Will Be Issued to Everyone After 1st Shot;
1st Vaccine Arrives in Ketchika;
Statewide Face Masks Requested By Alaska Lawmakers
By MARY KAUFFMAN Thursday PM (SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Ketchikan Mayor Rodney Dial is sponsoring a resolution for the Borough Assembly to consider at Monday night’s meeting that will support the protection of individual civil rights relative to COVID-19 vaccinations.
Mayor Dial is requesting the Assembly to support his proposed resolution which calls on merchants and service providers to refrain from discriminating against any individual by denying that person access to goods or services based upon their COVID-19 vaccination status or failure to provide that information.
Lawmakers urge statewide mask requirement to fight COVID as vaccine. Lawmakers urge statewide mask requirement to fight COVID as vaccine distribution expected to take months in Alaska
FAIRBANKS – Alaska is just one of twelve states in the country lacking a requirement that citizens help fight the COVID-19 pandemic by wearing a face mask indoors in public places where social distancing is impossible.
Vaccines, pioneered and produced in record time, promise hope of an end to the pandemic. The limited availability of doses however means the development does not change our immediate circumstances. Nor does it diminish the need for strong public actions and a commitment by Alaskans to do their part to protect their family, friends, and neighbors.