CHEYENNE — Gov. Dave Freudenthal on Friday signed into law a bill that prohibits government officials from confiscating guns from law-abiding citizens.Sponsor Allen Jaggi, R-Lyman, has said House Bill 57 was prompted by the confiscation of guns by police in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.

Freudenthal said afterward that he was pleased to sign the bill, although he didn’t think it addressed any real problem.

But Freudenthal, an avid hunter who was endorsed by the National Rifle Association in his re-election campaign in 2006, said he can understand why supporters want the bill enacted here.

“It’s not understandable on the basis that anybody around here is going to be confiscating anybody’s firearms, because first of all we ain’t going to allow anybody to do it,” Freudenthal said.

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