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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Apr 28, 2021, 07:47 PM Apr 2021

Arkansas Legislature Passes Bill That Bans Federal Gun Laws Violating Right to Bear Arms [View all]

Source: Newsweek

The Arkansas legislature has passed a bill that aims to ban federal gun restrictions in the state that violate the right to bear arms.

The legislation declares federal gun restrictions that violate the Second Amendment, enacted on or after January 1, 2021, invalid in the state. According to the Associated Press, the bill was approved in the Arkansas Senate and was voted 79-20 along party lines in the House.

The bill will now head to Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson's desk, and he is expected to sign it.

Prior to the bill being approved in the Arkansas Senate, one of the bill's sponsors GOP Senator Missy Irvin said, "We are a country based on freedom and when our freedoms are threatened we must take action through the tools within our U.S. Constitution and our Arkansas constitution to protect those freedoms."

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-legislature-passes-bill-that-bans-federal-gun-laws-violating-right-bear-arms-1587234



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