HB 6377 Summary

• Prohibits municipalities from regulating, restricting, or licensing the ownership, possession, use, purchase, sale, transportation, or transfer of firearms, ammunition, or firearm components, effective October 1, 2011.

• Declares that firearms regulation is under the exclusive jurisdiction of state and federal government, with municipal laws preempted except where expressly permitted by the state.

• Prevents municipalities from defining any firearm-related activity as a public nuisance or detrimental to public health and safety.

• Supersedes any existing municipal ordinances or regulations inconsistent with these preemption provisions.