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Montana Lawmakers Consider Bill Blocking Fed’s Semi-Auto Gun/Mag Ban

Montana Lawmakers Consider Bill Blocking Fed’s Semi-Auto Gun/Mag Ban On January 27, Montana lawmakers heard testimony on Representative Art Wittich’s (R-Bozeman) House Bill 203, which prohibits the state from enforcing any federal ban “on semiautomatic weapons or large magazines.” HB 203 is titled the “Montana Federal Semiautomatic Firearm and Large Magazine Enforcement Prohibition Act.” According to ShallNot.org, the act would “prohibit the state from enforcing, assisting in the enforcement of or otherwise cooperating in the enforcement of a federal ban on semiautomatic weapons or large capacity magazines.” This is nullification, whereby a state rejects the enforcement of a law or… View Article