A state court judge this week struck down a Pima County ordinance requiring gun owners to report lost or stolen guns within two days. The ruling was a victory for law abiding gun owners and for the Goldwater Institute, which filed the lawsuit soon after the Board of Supervisors approved the law last March in a 4-1 vote.
Less than two months on the books, a local anti-gun rights ordinance that fines gun owners for not reporting stolen or missing firearms faces a stiff legal challenge—one that argues that the ordinance violates both the state and federal constitutions, and the authority of the Arizona Legislature to regulate firearms in the state.