To get her gun bill through the first legislative skirmish, state Sen. Karen Johnson needed to scratch language that would have let people carry concealed weapons on public K-12 campuses in Arizona.
Now, the Mesa Republican says she will have to give up more ground in the battle over her divisive proposal if it has any chance of surviving in the state Legislature.
And at the end of it all there may be a special sticker, and those least qualified will be
Now, the Mesa Republican says she will have to give up more ground in the battle over her divisive proposal if it has any chance of surviving in the state Legislature.
And at the end of it all there may be a special sticker, and those least qualified will be empowered to dictate storage policy.
But I will concede it's "pragmatic" and the only thing that can be done with any hope of political success. The only alternative, besides surrender, is for "absolutists" to carry in defiance of evil disarmament edicts. If enough did, this discussion would be irrelevant.
But we all know enough won't.
The machine feeds itself, no?