Arizona Governor Rejects Bid to Loosen Gun Rules

[Judi Lynn]

Source: New York Times

Arizona Governor Rejects Bid to Loosen Gun Rules
By MARC LACEY
Published: April 18, 2011

PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed two controversial bills on Monday that would have allowed guns on university campuses and required presidential candidates to provide additional proof about their citizenship status.

The surprise veto of the gun measure disappointed advocates of gun rights, who vowed to bring it back next year. The bill, as originally proposed, would have allowed guns everywhere on campus, including in classrooms. In the face of strong criticism, it was amended to permit weapons only on “a public right of way” within campuses, which legislative supporters said they understood to mean sidewalks and roads.

But Ms. Brewer, a strong advocate of gun rights, who has supported loosening restrictions on guns in the past, said the language was unclear.

Cheering the governor’s decision were university administrators, faculty members, police chiefs and students, all of whom strongly opposed the measure because they said it would have brought an element of danger into the academy.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/us/19arizona.html?_r=1&ref=us

[peoli]

1. What's up her butt?

[MessiahRp]

2. When Jan Brewer looks like the sane one in your party, it's time to take you all away

in straightjackets.

[Bette Noir]

3. She vetoed the birther bill?

Isn't this kinda late in the game to start growing brains?

[glinda]

4. I don't trust her.

[Paradoxical]

5. Up is down. Left is right. And Jan Brewer actually did something right.

What the fuck is going on.

[ThatPoetGuy]

6. You know, it is so nice to come to DU, and read sane, rational responses...

about guns.

It's been a while since I've seen anything but pro-gun extremists here.

[nyy1998]

7. Wow, still think she's a little crazy, but major props on vetoing these two bills nt

[McCamy Taylor]

8. She wants to be Romney's VP.

Birther is the issue that will be used within the GOP to separate the kooks from the usual corporate toadies.