Mesa cannot enact local firearm ordinances — Arizona Revised Statutes Section 13-3108 preempts municipal regulation of firearm transport, possession, carry, sale, purchase, storage, licensing, registration, discharge, and use. Any local rule more prohibitive than state law is void.
A.R.S. Sec. 13-3108 reserves to the Arizona Legislature the entire field of firearm and ammunition regulation and expressly voids any city or county ordinance that is 'more prohibitive than or that has a penalty that is greater than any state law penalty.' Mesa retains only the narrow set of powers state law preserves: standard sales tax on firearms and ammunition at the rate applied to other goods, limits on unaccompanied minors under 14 (with hunting, marksmanship, and agricultural carve-outs), generally applicable business and zoning rules for firearm dealers, employee-conduct rules for city workers, and limits on firearm discharge in city parks (with carve-outs for supervised ranges, approved hunting areas, nuisance-wildlife control, and self-defense). Statewide, adults 21+ may carry openly or concealed without a permit under A.R.S. Sec. 13-3112(N) (permitless or 'constitutional' carry).
Any Mesa ordinance more prohibitive than A.R.S. Sec. 13-3108 is null and void. The statute provides a private cause of action with a civil penalty up to $50,000 per knowing violation, plus attorney fees and costs, and state shared revenue can be withheld under A.R.S. Sec. 12-1841.
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