Idaho Republican reintroduces bill to end state prohibition on private, armed militias
A member of the Idaho Liberty Dogs, a right-wing citizen group, stands guard with a holstered handgun, walkie-talkie and earpiece at a campaign rally in 2022, at Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park in Meridian. Kevin Fixler [email protected]
The latest proposal to repeal Idaho’s longstanding ban on armed private militias received approval for future consideration on Friday.
Sen. Dan Foreman, R-Moscow, introduced a bill that would repeal a law dating to 1927 that prohibits a “body of men” other than the Idaho Army National Guard from associating as a “military company” or parading “in public with firearms in any city or town of this state.”
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