“You don’t have to love the mechanism to understand the motive.
And in a political environment where rights and access often erode through silence rather than law, HB 2763 is less about firearms—and more about refusing to let important decisions happen without a fight.”
Public shooting ranges almost never die in dramatic fashion.
There are no midnight votes. No sweeping bans. No bold headlines announcing “Shooting Declared Illegal.” Instead, ranges vanish the way old trails do—first with a sign, then a study, then a temporary closure that quietly becomes permanent.
Arizona House Bill 2763 exists because two lawmakers decided they’d seen that movie enough times.
Introduced by Representatives Quang H. Nguyen and Gail Griffin, HB 2763 doesn’t expand gun rights. It doesn’t deregulate firearms. It doesn’t even change who can use a range.
Instead, it asks a far more uncomfortable question:
Who gets to quietly erase public access to shooting ranges—and how easy should that be?
By TTAG Contributor
