(The Center Square) – The City of Sedona is expected to revise its firearms ordinance after lawmakers requested an investigation into its legality.
“The ordinance, originally adopted in 2009, is scheduled to be updated at the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting to ensure it complies with Arizona Law,” a city spokesperson told The Center Square in a statement.
The Center Square reported earlier this week that Republican Reps. Quang Nguyen and Selina Bliss raised questions about the language of the ordinance as it pertains to the carrying of weapons on “trails” and “open space areas,” along with other concerns they believe could go too far.
“The Ordinance then exempts persons who possess a CCW permit. Yet since 2010, Arizona has allowed individuals who legally carry a weapon openly to also carry a concealed weapon without a permit, subject to some restrictions,” Nguyen wrote in October.
“Further, the Ordinance purports to regulate places other than parks and preserves (i.e., trails and “open space areas”- a broad, vague, and undefined phrase),” he added at the time.
Now, the two Republican lawmakers have asked Attorney General Kris Mayes to see if the ordinance violated state law and the Second Amendment. However, Nguyen told The Center Square that he would ask the attorney general to drop the request if certain changes are made.
“I’m very pleased to hear that the City of Sedona is now considering action to update its firearms ban ordinance to align with the state’s preemption law. As we stated in our letter, if the City repeals the unlawful ordinance, Representative Bliss and I would withdraw our SB 1487 request to the Attorney General,” he said in a statement.
