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Senate committee updates 1893 law to make firing at trains a Class A misdemeanor
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The Senate Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs Committee passed Senate Bill 16 to modernize an 1893 statute that penalizes shooting at trains, replacing dollar fines with a Class A misdemeanor classification; members raised concerns about the law's "throwing objects" language and prosecutorial discretion.
The Senate Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs Committee passed Senate Bill 16, which updates an 1893 Arkansas statute to make knowingly discharging a firearm at a train a Class A misdemeanor, sponsor Senator Boyd said during committee consideration.
Committee members said the change modernizes an old penalty that currently lists fines of $25 to $250. "When this came up, my question was, well, when was this written? And it was written in 1893," Senator Boyd said,…
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