Katie Hobbs
Adrian Fontes
Kris Mayes
etc
"So the line of succession for Arizona Governor is Secretary of State Adrian Fontes(D) Attorney General Kris Mayes(D), then followed by Treasurer Kimberly Yee(R).
So all 3 above Yee. Hobbs, Fontes, and Mayes are either out of state or in a state that precludes them from filling the role of acting Governor."
gun running.
illegally gifting guns to ukraine.
via sinaloa cartel, el chapo, joe arpaio, eric holder, etc…
STATE OF ARIZONA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORT By KRIS MAYES ATTORNEY GENERAL
September 20, 2023
No. 23-003
Re: Whether Phoenix Ordinance S-50010 providing for the donation of firearms to Ukraine violates state law To: The Honorable Katie Hobbs, Governor of Arizona The Honorable Warren Petersen, President of the Arizona State Senate The Honorable Ben Toma, Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives The Honorable Quang Nguyen, Member of the Arizona Legislature The Honorable Selina Bliss, Member of the Arizona Legislature The Honorable Adrian Fontes, Secretary of State of Arizona
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-194.01, the Attorney General’s Office (the “Office”) has investigated whether Phoenix Ordinance S-50010 (the “Ordinance”) violates A.R.S. §§ 12-943, 12-945, and/or 13-3108. The Ordinance, adopted June 28, 2023, authorized the City of Phoenix (“Phoenix” or “City”) to donate approximately 500-600 unclaimed firearms to the National Police of Ukraine via a private export company. The Office concludes that notwithstanding the City’s commendable intent, the Ordinance violates A.R.S. §§ 12-943, 12-945, and 13-3108(A). The Arizona legislature declared over twenty years ago that it considered firearms regulation a matter of statewide concern and that it wished to limit the ability of state political subdivisions to regulate firearms. As relevant here, the legislature subsequently enacted A.R.S. § 12-945(B), which provides that local agencies must dispose of unclaimed firearms by selling them
2 in a two-step process; A.R.S. § 13-3108(A), which prohibits cities from enacting firearms ordinances unless pursuant to state law; and A.R.S. § 12-943, which provides that cities must dispose of firearms in accordance with A.R.S. §§ 12-940 to -945. In 2017, the Arizona Supreme Court considered whether a Tucson ordinance providing for the destruction of firearms could coexist with an Arizona statute barring firearms destruction. State ex rel. Brnovich v. City of Tucson, 242 Ariz. 588 (2017) (“Tucson”). The Court held that firearms regulation is a matter of statewide concern, thereby precluding cities from enacting firearms ordinances that conflict with state law. Id. at 601, ¶ 51. That decision is controlling here. Arizona law requires cities to dispose of unclaimed firearms by selling them in the manner provided by statute, yet the Ordinance provides for Phoenix to dispose of its unclaimed firearms by donating them to Ukraine via an export company. Because a “donation” is not a “sale”—and because the Ordinance conflicts with A.R.S. § 12-945 in other related respects—it violates that statute, and therefore also violates A.R.S. § 13-3108(A) and A.R.S. § 12-943.