MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Sojourner
AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI SECOND AMENDMENT AND PROPERTY RIGHTS PRESERVATION ACT; TO PROHIBIT STATE OR LOCAL ENABLING OF FEDERAL GUN BAN AND OTHER PROPERTY RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ENFORCEMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. No state agency, department, political subdivision of the state or any agent or employee of a state agency, department or political subdivision shall plan, implement, assist, participate in, enable or cooperate with any federal law, rule, regulation or order created or effective on or after January 1, 2024, if the law rule, regulation or order attempts to:
(a) Ban or restrict ownership of a semiautomatic firearm or any magazine of a firearm;
(b) Require any firearm, magazine or other firearm accessory to be registered in any manner;
(c) Confiscate a firearm, magazine or other firearm accessory from law-abiding Mississippi citizens; or
(d) Take, with or without compensation, any privately owned real property because of any international treaty or agency agreement entered into by the federal government.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after January 1, 2023.