State shouldn’t take your guns or ammo under martial law in Idaho acording to Idaho House of rep
State government could not seize private arms or ammunition during a state of martial law under a bill approved Tuesday by the Idaho House.
Rep. Pete Nielsen, R-Mountain Home, sponsored the bill. He cited Hurricane Katrina and the bedlam that developed in the aftermath in New Orleans and other Gulf Coast cities as an example of a time when people needed their arms and ammo.
“Even in those instances, we should have the right to keep our Second Amendment right and keep our arms and ammunition,” Nielsen said.
Rep. Grant Burgoyne, D-Boise, said the bill takes power away from Idaho’s governor to seize arms and ammunition in the case of a rebellion or insurrection.
House Bill 229 passed 61-9 and now goes to the Senate.
