Representatives PETERSEN, TOWNSEND, WARD, GRIFFIN, BURGES, CRANDELL, SHOOTER,
BOYER, BORRELLI, SEEL and GRAY have introduced a bill in the senate that would prohibit the federal government from regulating “a personal firearm, a firearm accessory or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in this state and that remains exclusively within the borders of this state.”
SB1112 would revise Arizona statutes by adding a section on firearms. The text of the bill simply states:
“A public servant or a federally licensed dealer who sells firearms in this state shall not enforce or attempt to enforce any act, law, statute, rule or regulation of the United States government relating to a personal firearm, a firearm accessory or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in this state and that remains exclusively within the borders of this state.”
Also,
“An official, agent or employee of the United States government shall not enforce or attempt to enforce any act, order, law, statute, rule or regulation of the United States government relating to a personal firearm, a firearm accessory or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in this state and that remains exclusively within the borders of this state.
C. The attorney general may defend a citizen of this state who is prosecuted by the United States government for violation of a federal law relating to the manufacture, sale, transfer or possession of a firearm, a firearm accessory or ammunition that is owned or manufactured and that is retained exclusively within the borders of this state.”
Furthermore the bill states:
Any federal law, rule, regulation or order that is effective on or after January 1, 2013 is unenforceable within the borders of this state if the law, rule, regulation or order attempts to do any of the following:
1. Ban or restrict ownership of a semiautomatic firearm or any magazine of a firearm.
2. Require any firearm, magazine or other firearm accessory to be registered in any manner.
E. A person who violates subsection B of this section is guilty of a class 6 felony.
F. For the purposes of this section, “public servant” means any officer or employee of this state or any political subdivision of this state, including legislators and judges, and any person who participates, as juror, witness, advisor, consultant or otherwise, in performing a government function
SB1112 has not been assigned to a Committee yet but should be soon.
LEGISLATION AND TRACKING
If you would like to see model legislation to introduce in your state to nullify federal firearm laws, please see The Tenth Amendment Center’s Model Legislation: The 2nd Amendment Preservation Act.
Track the status of 2nd Amendment preservation legislation in states around the country HERE
ACTION ITEMS
If you live in Arizona, contact your state legislator. Let him or her know of your concern for the 2nd Amendment and that you expect support of this legislation. Click here for contact information.
If you live outside of Arizona, still contact your state legislator. Inform him or her that you hope similar legislation will be introduced in your state.
Also, you may want to contact the sponsors of this bill and thank them:
Representatives PETERSEN, TOWNSEND, WARD, GRIFFIN, BURGES, CRANDELL, SHOOTER,
BOYER, BORRELLI, SEEL and GRAY
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