Alaska: Committee Hearing on Gun Bills This Thursday

On Thursday, March 5th, the Senate State Affairs committee will hear Senate Bill 243, removing suppressors from the controlled weapons list and Senate Bill 203, regulating firearm accessories. 

Please contact members of the committee by using the TAKE ACTION button below and urge them to SUPPORT SB 243 and to OPPOSE SB 203.

Senate Bill 243 removes suppressors from the controlled weapons list at the state level. This legislation is critical to ensuring that future changes in Federal law do not prevent law-abiding Alaskans from possessing and utilizing suppressors to protect their hearing while hunting or exercising their Second Amendment rights.

Senate Bill 203 seeks to implement a state level statute similar to federal law regarding devices that can allow a handgun to fire more than one round per trigger pull. However, this legislation goes beyond federal law and could create complications for persons who lawfully possess parts in accordance with existing laws. Expanding prohibitions beyond federal law is not only duplicative and unnecessary, but can lead to unintended consequences and is a slippery slope towards future hardware bans and infringements on the right to keep and bear arms in Alaska.

Please stay tuned to the NRA-ILA website and your inbox for updates.

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