00HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 40                                                                                           
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 the individual right to keep and bear arms.                                                                             
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Article I, sec. 19, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                           
05  SECTION 19.  RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS.  A well-regulated                                                     
06 militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep                              
07 and bear arms shall not be infringed.  The individual right to keep and bear arms                                      
08 shall not be denied or infringed by the State or a political subdivision of the State.                                 
09   * Sec. 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                             
10 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
11 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.