PHOENIX — Arizona State John Senator Kavanagh says he will amend SB 1183 to include a brass knuckles ban.
Earlier in January, 12News Journalist Bianca Buono spoke with 17-year-old Connor Jarnagan, who wrote a letter to elected officials asking them to consider banning or limiting the use of brass knuckles after his scalp had to be stapled back together when he was attacked by a teen using the weapon.
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Months after his attack, Jarnagan wrote a letter to East Valley lawmakers, asking them to consider the legislation.
"I'm hoping both sides of the aisle, Republicans and Democrats alike, can come together on this issue and help make Arizona a safer place without providing teens and other criminals easy access to a deadly weapon like brass knuckles. Unlike guns, which can be used for hunting, brass knuckles have no redeeming purpose other than to hurt people," Jarnagan wrote.
The legislation will be heard before the judiciary committee on Thursday at 9 a.m.
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