[Vision2020] Firearms Bill Worries Campus

[Art Deco]

Sue,

I liked the bill prohibiting nudists from exhibiting tattoos on their privates when in the presence of the elderly.

w.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sue Hovey 
  To: lfalen ; vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 12:47 PM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Firearms Bill Worries Campus


  Oh what a great political cartoon that would make.  Think of the angles.
  I thought we had a no alcohol policy. Are you saying there are some who 
  violate it?  And they would willingly check their guns?
  Guns should be checked at home. This is a stupid, stupid bill, but can 
  anyone think of anything that passed this session so far that isn't?
  SueH

  -----Original Message----- 
  From: lfalen
  Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 7:27 AM
  To: Tom Hansen ; Moscow Vision 2020
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Firearms Bill Worries Campus

  There is a lot of booze at athletic events. Guns should be checked at the 
  door.
  Roger
  -----Original message-----
  From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
  Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:31:04 -0700
  To: "Moscow Vision 2020" vision2020 at moscow.com
  Subject: [Vision2020] Firearms Bill Worries Campus

  > "If it becomes law, . . . Guns would be allowed at athletic events."
  >
  > Kinda adds a whole new dimension to college "rivalry", huh?
  >
  > Idea for t-shirt text:  Nasty, Inebriated, and Armed
  >
  > Courtesy of today's (March 20, 2011) Spokesman-Review.
  >
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  >
  > Firearms bill worries campus
  > Boise State says events would be jeopardized
  >
  > BOISE – Boise State University could lose hundreds of thousands of dollars
  > in revenue from lost sporting and entertainment events if Idaho lawmakers
  > approve a bill to allow guns on college campuses, a school official says.
  >
  > Bruce Newcomb, the university’s director of government affairs and a
  > former speaker of the Idaho House, said such a law could jeopardize
  > hosting events such as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and the
  > scheduled 2012 NCAA Division I men’s and women’s indoor track and field
  > championships.
  >
  > “We’re convinced this is going to interfere with those endeavors,” Newcomb
  > told the Idaho Statesman.
  >
  > The Idaho House on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow firearms on
  > public university and college campuses. It now goes to the Senate.
  >
  > If it becomes law, it would prohibit schools from banning firearms, either
  > carried openly or by people with concealed weapons permits, anywhere on
  > campus except in undergraduate residence halls. Guns would be allowed at
  > athletic events.
  >
  > Idaho law now gives university and college presidents authority to
  > prohibit firearms on campus. Boise State University, Idaho State
  > University, the University of Idaho, Lewis-Clark State College and several
  > community colleges throughout the state have adopted their own regulations
  > to prohibit guns on campus.
  >
  > Rep. Marv Hagedorn, R-Meridian, co-sponsored the current legislation and
  > disagrees that schools would experience any negative ramifications. He
  > also wondered how the school knows guns aren’t being taken on campus
  > already, especially because he said he’s often carried guns to Boise State
  > venues.
  >
  > “My question would be to Boise State: How do they know people aren’t
  > carrying guns there now? None of those venues have metal detectors. They
  > don’t say to the visitors or the ticket-holders, ‘Don’t bring your guns
  > because this is a gun-free zone,’ ” Hagedorn said. “I have never
  > seen anything. I have carried to a lot of those venues, and I did not know
  > the policy, nor did I see any signs.”
  >
  > Boise State spokesman Frank Zang said the campus has more than 1 million
  > visits annually by people attending hundreds of sports, cultural and
  > entertainment events.
  >
  > “We are concerned that allowing guns on campus would have an adverse
  > effect on attracting these events to Boise,” he said. “The industry
  > standard does not allow weapons in the facilities.”
  >
  > Creston Thornton, a concert promoter with CT Touring, said weapons are not
  > allowed at concerts either. Taco Bell Arena, on the Boise State campus,
  > has hosted concerts by the Dave Matthews Band, Toby Keith, Metallica and
  > Journey.
  >
  > “We don’t even allow glass bottles because they can be used as weapons.
  > It’s just assumed there’s a no-weapons policy,” said Thornton.
  >
  > Rep. Erik Simpson, R-Idaho Falls, said passing a law allowing guns on
  > campus would not stop the NCAA men’s basketball tournament from coming to
  > Boise State, where early-round games have been held eight times since
  > 1983, most recently in 2009.
  >
  > But the NCAA in its 2009 operating manual for the tournament states that
  > “firearms and explosives of any kind are not permitted.”
  >
  > The University of Utah, however, held part of the NCAA women’s gymnastics
  > championship. Utah does not allow firearms bans on college campuses.
  >
  > “It’s a red herring,” said Simpson. “There is no truth to it. It is not a
  > condition of them appearing on a campus. It’s a guideline. It’s a policy.
  > I don’t think policy is going to trump state law.”
  >
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  >
  > Seeya round town, Moscow.
  >
  > Tom Hansen
  > Moscow, Idaho
  >
  > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
  > and the Realist adjusts his sails."
  >
  > - Unknown
  >
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