This very moment, every Arizona campus could allow guns if it wanted, because there is no law prohibiting schools of higher learning from permitting guns. But there is a law that allows the universities and colleges to make their own determination.
So how many of Arizona’s universities and colleges have agreed to allow guns? Zero. Not a single one.
And who do we see standing in front of the legislature begging them not to rescind that self-determination; beseching them not to force guns on campus down their throats–ASU’s police chief for one.
When pro-gun lawmakers are opposed by law enforcement, shouldn’t that tell you something?
When not a single school wants guns on their campuses, shouldn’t that tell you something?
You don’t need to know much more than that about the guns on campus issue.
It doesn’t take thinking people long to see the light on this issue. (Even Gov. Brewer did last year when she veoted a similar bill.)
Just like there’s good and solid reasons you don’t want people bringing guns into city halls and libraries–oh, wait, the Arizona Senate wants to get rid of that restriction, too.
How pathetic. How radical. I know why Lake Havasu Sen. Ron Gould is pushing this issue again–he wants a high profile with the extreme right wing in his run for Congress. But what’s the excuse of the other Senators that are supporting these dangerous bills?
For me, there’s an easy bottom line: If I have to choose between the NRA and Law Enforcement on a gun issue, I’m standing with law enforcement every time.