Leo Biasiucci, the Republican whip in the Arizona House of Representatives, said the state’s House just passed a bill that would not comply with any federal gun restrictions, and with both houses of the state held by Republicans, the bill is expected to pass the state Senate and be signed into law by the governor.
“We are Second Amendment friendly. We love our law-abiding citizens, gun owners,” Biasich told the CPAC summit, “and we have a bill HB2111 …… which is simple. It says that if the federal government makes any changes (to restrict guns) at the federal level, it will not take effect in Arizona.”
He said that in 2017 California passed sanctuary laws to prohibit state and local law enforcement officials from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement (ICE) officers, “It says that if ICE comes in and tries to detain an illegal, that government will not help. No resources will be used,” “so I insist that if we can, let’s use the same legal language, but apply it to upholding the Constitution and then apply it to our Second Amendment.”
Biasic is convinced that the problem is not the guns, but the people behind them, “You look at Chicago, or even at the states that have strict gun laws, they have the highest crime rates.”
“If there’s a car accident and you’re driving drunk, they’re not going to sue Ford Motor Company, that’s what’s causing the problem. They’re going to condemn the guy behind the wheel. So it’s the same situation,” he said.
Five or six states have taken similar steps, Biacechi said. Missouri, Wyoming, South Dakota, Arizona, Tennessee, Kansas and Alaska already have some version of the federal gun law nullification bill as part of their state laws.
“We want to make sure you get there and fight to keep this country alive,” he said, adding, “I don’t want to be a socialist, or Venezuela or any other country. We are a republic, and like the rest of my colleagues, I will always fight for that.”
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