[Idaho Gov.] Otter signs campus guns bill into law
Source: Idaho Statesman
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter on Wednesday signed into law SB 1254, the bill to allow people with Idahos enhanced concealed carry permit to bring guns on Idaho public college and university campuses.
Heads of all eight of the state's public colleges opposed the bill, arguing it would strip policy-making power from universities, stymie recruitment efforts and put those on campus at risk. The bill also sparked a protest that drew hundreds to the Capitol. Otter, who didnt receive the bill until Tuesday, was pushed to veto it in recent days by the mothers of shooting victims in college mass shootings across the nation, and by Idaho student leaders.
Otter said he backed the bill to protect Second Amendment rights, which already have some exceptions. This is not the circumstance to carve out another, Otter wrote. We all will be watching closely to ensure the interests of Idaho citizens are served while their constitutional freedoms are protected.
Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/03/12/3076771/otter-signs-campus-guns-bill-into.html
QuestForSense
(653 posts)xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)to make her own reproductive health care decisions being protected in Idaho?
jmowreader
(50,555 posts)There is one provider in the whole state - it's in Boise, which is a full day's drive from where I am. Anyone in North Idaho that needs an abortion goes to Spokane.
madaboutharry
(40,208 posts)many assholes.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Pray. Harder.
weissmam
(905 posts)bkanderson76
(266 posts)Lost_Count
(555 posts)Either...
a) They think that Idaho campuses will become the site of daily shootouts. Not likely...
or
b) They are taking about the more historically accurate, non hollywood history where guns were not nearly as plentiful and deaths in the streets not nearly as common as Brisco County Jr would have lead us to believe...
muriel_volestrangler
(101,307 posts)and it unsurprisingly turns out he's an arsehole anyway. I see it's his porn name, too: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/idaho-governor-appears-film-edited-porno-article-1.1714276
Real name is Clement Leroy Otter. Or "Clotter". Or just "clot".
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)JoeyT
(6,785 posts)to concealed carry guns on campus are doing it for the fringe benefits. Like when students start protesting something corrupt or stupid the governor is doing, being able to shut the protests down with the maximum amount of force in the minimum amount of time. After all, some of those kids probably had a gun.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,174 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,174 posts)...unless it's a Native American name, perhaps?