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Lawmaker's bill would protect residents' right to keep firearms if federal laws change
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PHOENIX — A Prescott lawmaker is proposing changes in state law designed to protect the right of Arizonans to keep their firearms no matter what a future Congress decides.
But the attorney who crafted it for Republican state Rep. David Stringer said that still won't let Arizonans keep their "bump stocks" if the federal government declares them illegal.
The legislation spells out the kind of firearms the state believes are necessary for those who are members of the state militia. Existing Arizona law already says that automatically includes all "able-bodied citizens of the state" between 18 and 45.
And just to be sure that folks who turn 46 don't lose their gun rights because of new federal laws, HB 2057 also would expand the definition of the militia to remove the maximum age. But it would add a new requirement that they be "capable of acting in concert for the common defense."
The measure — and a companion constitutional amendment — were introduced by Stringer who said he wants to ensure that whatever occurs in Washington doesn't interfere with the right of law-abiding Arizonans to possess firearms.
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PHOENIX — A Prescott lawmaker is proposing changes in state law designed to protect the right of Arizonans to keep their firearms no matter what a future Congress decides.
But the attorney who crafted it for Republican state Rep. David Stringer said that still won't let Arizonans keep their "bump stocks" if the federal government declares them illegal.
The legislation spells out the kind of firearms the state believes are necessary for those who are members of the state militia. Existing Arizona law already says that automatically includes all "able-bodied citizens of the state" between 18 and 45.
And just to be sure that folks who turn 46 don't lose their gun rights because of new federal laws, HB 2057 also would expand the definition of the militia to remove the maximum age. But it would add a new requirement that they be "capable of acting in concert for the common defense."
The measure — and a companion constitutional amendment — were introduced by Stringer who said he wants to ensure that whatever occurs in Washington doesn't interfere with the right of law-abiding Arizonans to possess firearms.