Two Arizona lawmakers have asked Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays to investigate whether Sedona violated state law with its firearms restriction ordinance.

Republican Reps. Quang Nguyen (R-Prescott Valley) and Serena Bliss (R-Prescott) A complaint was filed with the city on Monday..

State law has provisions that allow local governments to: Restrict the “discharge” of firearms in “parks and reserves.” But Sedona’s ordinance goes beyond that. The ordinance in question makes it illegal Bringing a firearm into a park, trail, or open space without permission.

Nguyen says that’s too broad.

“There’s such a thing as state law, and you can’t go beyond it. So I hope that the city council, the mayor, everyone involved understands state law and stays away from it,” Nguyen said.

A spokesperson for the City of Sedona did not respond to a request for comment.

Nguyen I wrote a letter to the City Council on October 9th.warned that the ordinance appears to violate state law. He said Monday that the city did not respond.

“If the city repeals this illegal ordinance here, we urge you to take no further action and conclude that the investigation is pointless,” Bliss and Nguyen wrote in their request to Mays. I wrote. “If you believe the ordinance may violate state law, file a special action in the Arizona Supreme Court seeking judicial resolution of this important statewide issue.”

The Attorney General’s Office will issue a report within 30 days.

If the report says Sedona violated state law, the city would have 30 days to fix the problem or the state would withhold the funds.

Nguyen and Bliss filed complaints against Phoenix last year over separate firearms ordinances. and succeeded in withdrawing it.