(AP) - A businessman says a new Arizona law barring use of the names of dead soldiers without permission of families won’t stop him from offering anti-war T-shirts.

Those shirts carry the names of thousands of American casualties in Iraq.

Complaints from families prompted the Arizona Legislature to pass a bill making it a misdemeanor to use a dead service member’s name or photo without permission.

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano signed the emergency bill on Wednesday, putting the new law into effect immediately.

Dan Frazier of Flagstaff says the new law infringes on his free-speech rights and that he doesn’t plan to stop making and selling his shirts.

In fact, Frazier plans a new version that will have an updated list of casualties.

Arizona joins Louisiana and Oklahoma with similar laws on the books.

Texas Governor Rick Perry has signed a measure that takes effect September first.
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