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PHOENIX Declaring state law to be above all others, a Senate panel voted Tuesday block federal gun laws they believe violate the Second Amendment, and to punish the city of Tucson for enacting its own restrictions.

The votes were part of a series of actions by the same Senate committee asserting state supremacy, including:

All of the votes, along party lines in the Republican-controlled Committee on Federalism, Mandates and Fiscal Responsibility, were based on arguments that the state has to protect individual rights from being trampled.

Potentially the most far reaching is SB 1384, requiring federal officials to get permission from a county sheriff before taking certain actions. Sen. Judy Burges, R-Sun City West, said it simply recognizes the supremacy of the state over the federal government, and that sheriffs are each countys chief constitutional and law enforcement officer.

SB 1384 would make it illegal for any federal employee, including a law enforcement official who has not been first given permission by the sheriff, to make an arrest, conduct a search or seize property.

Burges said the law is needed because it is a duty of the sheriff to protect and defend the citizens business of his county from any and all abuses of constitutional rights and freedoms, even in the name of law enforcement.

Exceptions are provided for incidents on federal lands or where the officer has witnessed a crime that requires immediate arrest. And it would not apply to customs or Border Patrol officers.

Burges said there are things already happening in Arizona that are potential flash points, including federal agencies closing roads, and in one instance, in Greenlee County, the confiscation of cattle and sale of them at auction in a dispute between the U.S. Forest Service and the rancher.

Burges sees her legislation as a way for the state to fight back against things like the federal government requiring that wolves be accommodated in Arizona something two other committees have voted to spend $250,000 fighting in court.

She said there already are problems with wolves stalking children, and her legislation affirms the right of the sheriff to defend Arizonans, including shooting a wolf without fear of a $50,000 federal fine.

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A pro-gun groups lawsuit seeking to undermine the citys strict gun control laws has been shot down by a Manhattan Federal Court judge.

The NRA-affiliated New York State Pistol and Rifle Association sued the city in 2013, arguing that laws limiting certain licensed handgun owners to carrying their unloaded weapons directly to or from their homes and shooting ranges infringed on their Second Amendment rights.

Judge Robert Sweet said he wasnt buying it last week in a 43-page ruling.

These regulations are reasonable and result from the substantial government interest in public safety, Sweet wrote, citing previous rulings that outside the home, firearms safety interests often outweigh individual interests in self-defense.

The gun group had argued the small number of shooting ranges only eight in the city amounted to a gun ban. Sweet countered that the paucity of gun ranges was simply the free market at work.

There are over 40,000 active handgun licenses in the city, according to court documents.

We are pleased that the city was able to defeat this challenge to our common-sense gun laws that are designed to keep us all safe, said Mayor de Blasios spokeswoman, Marti Adams.

Sweet called the restrictions a minimal, or at most, modest burden on Second Amendment rights. He said the NYPD processes 3,200 new applications and 9,000 renewal applications for handgun licenses yearly. The gun association did not respond or comment.

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CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Senate on Monday approved second reading of a bill that would extend workplace and other anti-discrimination protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Senate File 115 was approved after consideration of several new amendments to the bill.

The first, sponsored by Sen. Larry Hicks, R-Baggs, would have added creed, disability, political affiliation, economic status, ethnic background and ancestry to the protected classes afforded under SF 115. It also would have struck the "gender" in gender identity and replaced it with "sex," with Hicks arguing the two terms are interchangeable and the change would make the language consistent with the rest of Wyoming statutes.

But the bill's key sponsor, Sen. Chris Rothfuss, D-Laramie, noted that the purpose of the bill is to exclusively address discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

While he appreciated what Hicks was attempting to do, he suggested the amendment overreached, given the bill's intent. "In my reading, it's outside the scope," he said.

"It's a little too broad for what the bill title indicates," Rothfuss said.

Sen. Michael Von Flatern, R-Gillette, agreed, adding that Hicks' amendment covered a lot of ground that already exists elsewhere in Wyoming statute.

Senate President Phil Nicholas, R-Laramie, ruled that the amendment was not germane to the bill, and it was subsequently withdrawn.

The second amendment to the bill, offered by Senate Vice President Drew Perkins, R-Casper, sought to rework his previous amendment, which was approved on the bill's first reading.

The amendment sought to expand the list of organizations that would be exempt from SF 115, going beyond religious organizations to include nonprofit "expressive associations" whose primary purpose or function "are grounded in religious teachings."

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