Legislators propose mandatory firearms billCo-sponsors say intent is to show health care mandate unconstitutionalFive South Dakota lawmakers have introduced legislation
that would require any adult 21 or older to purchase a
firearm "sufficient to provide for their ordinary
self-defense." Nor does the measure specify what type of firearm.
Instead, residents would pick one "suitable to their
temperament, physical capacity, and preference." Rep. Hal Wick, R-Sioux Falls, is sponsoring the bill and
knows it will be killed. But he said he is introducing it to
prove a point that the federal health care reform mandate
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