[Vision2020] Gov signs guns on campus -Choices?

[Scott Dredge]

I don't recall Otter having objections to the bill, so what would motivate him to veto it?  This has all been a monumental waste of time.  Hopefully this is the last we'll hear of it.

From: bear at moscow.com
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:35:06 -0700
To: rhayes at frontier.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Gov signs guns on campus -Choices?

The governor had 3 choices, sign the bill, not sign the bill and it becomes law in 5 days, or veto it.BUT  two thirds of both houses can over ride that veto.  Here we have legislation, that IF it was vetoed, it already had the necessary votes to over ride the governor's veto, so the veto would have just been a "gesture", one that the majority of Idaho citizens are not in favor of.
I don't see where signing a bill that the majority of the legislature has passed and that a majority of the people of Idaho want is cowardly.














On Mar 13, 2014, at 9:43 AM, rhayes at frontier.com wrote:

I do not intend to excuse Otter for signing the bill, but he probably felt he had no choice. He is facing competition from an even more radical right wing opponent in the upcoming primary. Had he vetoed this bill, it would have given fodder to the extremists which might cause disillusion among the rank and file republicans. 
However, as I argued in a letter to the governor, his veto would signify that he was his own man, capable of bucking out-of-state pressure groups, and that a veto of this very contentious, and more
 than likely dangerous bill, would have won him lots of ground among more main steam and moderate citizens...maybe even college administrators, workers, students, parents of students, police, and state workers.
But of course, he signed it. Why? Because he is a coward who is not willing to step up and be a "real man." 

Idaho governor signs campus gun bill into law
BY KATIE TERHUNE
Associated PressMarch 12, 2014 

Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/03/12/3076774/idaho-governor-signs-campus-gun.html#storylink=cpy
BOISE, IDAHO ? Students, staff and visitors are now cleared to bring concealed guns onto Idaho's college and university campuses.

Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter signed the bill into law Wednesday.

It allows retired law enforcement and concealed-carry permit holders bring
 guns into classrooms and anywhere else on campus ? except dormitories and stadiums.

The proposal drew heated criticism from heads of all eight of the state's public colleges and sparked a protest that drew hundreds to the Capitol.

Opponents say it will strip policy-making power from universities, stymie recruitment efforts and put those on campus at risk.

Otter wrote in a statement he backed the bill to protect Second Amendment rights.

He says Idaho will carefully monitor the situation to alleviate public safety concerns.

The new law goes into effect July 1.


Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/03/12/3076774/idaho-governor-signs-campus-gun.html#storylink=cpy


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