Four states have filed suit against the federal government.
Ed. Note: This article refers to H.B. 2307 signed into law last week. States that have passed such laws have been informed that the ATF will still unconstitutionally enforce their federal laws in those states.
PHOENIX – There could be another federal lawsuit on the horizon that Arizona may want to jump into.
According to The Associated Press, the attorneys general for Utah, Wyoming and South Dakota joined a lawsuit Wednesday filed by the attorney general of Montana protecting the state’s right to regulate guns within the state boundaries.
The Arizona Legislature passed and Gov. Jan Brewer signed House Bill 2307 on April 5. The new law exempts any gun, gun accessory or ammunition from the federal regulation as long as the weapon is manufactured, sold and used within the state.
It excludes firearms that require more than one person to fire them; firearms that have ammunition that explodes after leaving the weapon; firearms that have a bore diameter of more than 1-½ inches and use smokless powder; and firearms that shoot more than one projectile at a time.
The new law is based off of the Montana Firearms Freedom Act that was passed last year. Similar laws have been introduced in 21 other states.
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