By The Associated Press Becky Bohrer AP

3:34 p.m. AKST, January 16, 2013
JUNEAU, Alaska—

A bill introduced in the Alaska House would make it a misdemeanor for a federal employee to try to enforce any new restrictions on gun ownership.
   
HB69, from House Speaker Mike Chenault, was introduced the same day President Barack Obama unveiled a package of executive orders and legislative proposals aimed at curbing gun violence. Obama's proposals include background checks for all gun sales and a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
   
They follow last month's deadly shooting at a Connecticut school.
   
Chenault said tragedy isn't a license for "federal encroachment on constitutionally protected freedoms."
   
His bill would deem unenforceable federal laws, orders, rules or regulations that seek to ban or restrict ownership of a semiautomatic firearm or magazine, or require a firearm, magazine or firearm accessory be registered.