Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes citizens to possess a firearm and specifies under what conditions it may be lawful to use such weapon.

Highlights:

• Authorizes counties to adopt ordinances to regulate, restrict or prohibit the discharge of firearms within its boundaries, unless otherwise specified (Sec. 1).

• Exempts people from being prosecuted for having discharged weapon for reasons of personal or property self-defense (Sec. 1).

• Exempts those who use their firearms for hunting purposes or a lawfully sport shooting range from being prosecuted by law enforcement personnel (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits the State Board of Education Personnel from amending where residents of college dormitories may by any means possess a firearm in a college dormitory facility (Sec. 1).

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