Firearms Restriction at Kuna Rodeo Addressed by Property Owner. By Greg Pruett (08/07/24)

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The Kuna Stampede Rodeo (August 30-31, 2024) is among a handful of Idaho rodeos hosted on private property instead of city or county property. The owner is forbidding firearms stating that “The firearm policy is from a liability and insurance stance.”

When a rodeo or country fair takes place on public property and is run by the cities/counties, Idaho’s firearm preemption law (18-3302J) prohibits restricting firearm possession on public property. Because the Kuna Stampede Rodeo is on private grounds, Idaho’s firearm preemption law does not apply.

The Kuna Stampede Rodeo is put on by a non-profit (Crooked 8) and its organizers state they cannot afford the expensive exclusionary insurance policy needed to allow attendees to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights.

Christy Zito — District 8 State Senate candidate and Political Advisor for the ISAA (Idaho Second Amendment Alliance) — states that Idaho needs firearm preemption reform.

If elected, Zito will push for reform that protects the right to keep and bear arms at public events (regardless of venue) and makes insurers less likely to charge exorbitant rates. She further indicates that “gun-free zones” pose the risk of mass-shooting tragedies in which people are left unable to defend themselves.