There is a bill in Idaho that has been suggested, Senate Bill 1381, that
(1) "Repeals and adds to existing law to provide for preemption of all regulation of firearms by a county, city, constitutional corporation,agency, board or any other political subdivision of this state withexceptions."
And there have been the usual articles online regarding the bill's provisions for Universities and Colleges and firearms. With one side always ignorantly saying guns make things worse and that they are "uncomfortable". The other side always saying that it's only people with special government permission(CC Permits)that will be carrying, and that those that do have proven themselves worthy to the state in order to exercise their KABA rights.
2)The latest news is that the bill has been pulled for "re-tooling". The one outraged thing is this:.."Even before taking public testimony, McKenzie told the committee he was dropping colleges and universities from the bill. He agreed to the change at the urging of Gov. Butch Otter and university and college presidents."
(3)I have e-mailed our Governor to ask his reasoning behind this "urging", if it is in fact true. I will post online about it when I get a response.
1.) http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1381.html
2.) http://media.www.arbiteronline.com/media/storage/paper890/news/2008/02/14/Opinion/Will-We.Have.Guns.On.Campus-3209691.shtml
3.) http://www.idahopress.com/news/?id=3818
Monday, February 18, 2008
"Retooling" in Idaho
I received the following from correspondent ChareltonHest: