CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Court Strikes Down Illegal Firearms Mandate in Pima County, AZ.

In a victory for Arizona firearm owners, a state court judge today struck down an illegal law in Pima County that required residents to report lost and stolen firearms to the government within two days…or face $1,000 fines.

Goldwater had sued the county to stop the mandate on behalf of Air Force veteran Chris King and the Pima County-based Arizona Citizens Defense League. As Goldwater attorneys argued before the Pima County Superior Court today, state law prohibits local governments from regulating firearms or firearm-related conduct unless specifically authorized by the state legislature, and the county Board of Supervisors appeared to know as much when it brazenly passed the ordinance.

Via Stephen Kruiser, who adds, “The commies who run my county (Pima) are going to keep finding out that messing with gun owners doesn’t work in here the Grand Canyon State.”