Senator SENN proposed the following amendment (3094R033.KM.SS):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 8 in its entirety and inserting:

/SECTION8. Section 23-31-520 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 23-31-520. (A) This article does not affect the authority of any county, municipality, or political subdivision to regulate the careless or negligent discharge or public brandishment of firearms, nor does it prevent the regulation of public brandishment of firearms during the times of or a demonstrated potential for insurrection, invasions, riots, or natural disasters. This article denies any county, municipality, or political subdivision the power to confiscate a firearm or ammunition unless incident to an arrest.

(B) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a governing body of a county, municipality, or political subdivision may temporarily restrict the otherwise lawful open carrying of a firearm at a public protest, demonstration, picket line, rally, fair, parade, festival, or other organized event. A person or entity hosting a public protest, demonstration, picket line, rally, fair, parade, festival, or other organized event must post signs, either approved or provided by the governing body, at the event when open carrying is allowed or not allowed at the event.

(C) A governing body exercising the authority granted to it pursuant to this section must be specific in the area, duration, and manner in which the restriction is imposed and must provide prior notice of the restriction when feasible. In no event may the restriction extend beyond the beginning and conclusion of the event or beyond the location of the event.

(D) A governing body may not confiscate a firearm or ammunition for a violation of this section unless incident to an otherwise lawful arrest." /