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Senate approves repeal of narrow negligent-discharge penalty tied to deer hunting
Summary
The Arkansas Senate passed legislation repealing a 1965 statute that created a separate criminal penalty for negligent firearm discharge while deer hunting; sponsor said the law is outdated and unused.
The Arkansas Senate on Monday passed Senate Bill 15, a bill from Senator Boyd that repeals a decades-old statute creating a specific criminal penalty for negligently discharging a firearm while deer hunting.
Sponsor Senator Boyd told colleagues the provision dates to 1965 and applies only to deer hunting. He said the statute predates the legalization of elk and bear hunting and the modern…
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