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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Sue,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>I liked the bill prohibiting nudists from
exhibiting tattoos on their privates when in the presence of the
elderly.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>w.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=suehovey@moscow.com href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">Sue Hovey</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lfalen@turbonet.com
href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen</A> ; <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 21, 2011 12:47
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Firearms Bill
Worries Campus</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Oh what a great political cartoon that would make. Think
of the angles.<BR>I thought we had a no alcohol policy. Are you saying there
are some who <BR>violate it? And they would willingly check their
guns?<BR>Guns should be checked at home. This is a stupid, stupid bill, but
can <BR>anyone think of anything that passed this session so far that
isn't?<BR>SueH<BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: lfalen<BR>Sent:
Monday, March 21, 2011 7:27 AM<BR>To: Tom Hansen ; Moscow Vision
2020<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Firearms Bill Worries Campus<BR><BR>There is
a lot of booze at athletic events. Guns should be checked at the
<BR>door.<BR>Roger<BR>-----Original message-----<BR>From: "Tom Hansen" <A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A><BR>Date: Sun, 20 Mar
2011 08:31:04 -0700<BR>To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>Subject:
[Vision2020] Firearms Bill Worries Campus<BR><BR>> "If it becomes law, . .
. Guns would be allowed at athletic events."<BR>><BR>> Kinda adds a
whole new dimension to college "rivalry", huh?<BR>><BR>> Idea for
t-shirt text: Nasty, Inebriated, and Armed<BR>><BR>> Courtesy of
today's (March 20, 2011) Spokesman-Review.<BR>><BR>>
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Firearms bill worries campus<BR>> Boise State says events would be
jeopardized<BR>><BR>> BOISE – Boise State University could lose hundreds
of thousands of dollars<BR>> in revenue from lost sporting and
entertainment events if Idaho lawmakers<BR>> approve a bill to allow guns
on college campuses, a school official says.<BR>><BR>> Bruce Newcomb,
the university’s director of government affairs and a<BR>> former speaker
of the Idaho House, said such a law could jeopardize<BR>> hosting events
such as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and the<BR>> scheduled 2012
NCAA Division I men’s and women’s indoor track and field<BR>>
championships.<BR>><BR>> “We’re convinced this is going to interfere
with those endeavors,” Newcomb<BR>> told the Idaho
Statesman.<BR>><BR>> The Idaho House on Wednesday approved a bill that
would allow firearms on<BR>> public university and college campuses. It now
goes to the Senate.<BR>><BR>> If it becomes law, it would prohibit
schools from banning firearms, either<BR>> carried openly or by people with
concealed weapons permits, anywhere on<BR>> campus except in undergraduate
residence halls. Guns would be allowed at<BR>> athletic
events.<BR>><BR>> Idaho law now gives university and college presidents
authority to<BR>> prohibit firearms on campus. Boise State University,
Idaho State<BR>> University, the University of Idaho, Lewis-Clark State
College and several<BR>> community colleges throughout the state have
adopted their own regulations<BR>> to prohibit guns on
campus.<BR>><BR>> Rep. Marv Hagedorn, R-Meridian, co-sponsored the
current legislation and<BR>> disagrees that schools would experience any
negative ramifications. He<BR>> also wondered how the school knows guns
aren’t being taken on campus<BR>> already, especially because he said he’s
often carried guns to Boise State<BR>> venues.<BR>><BR>> “My question
would be to Boise State: How do they know people aren’t<BR>> carrying guns
there now? None of those venues have metal detectors. They<BR>> don’t say
to the visitors or the ticket-holders, ‘Don’t bring your guns<BR>> because
this is a gun-free zone,’&#8201;” Hagedorn said. “I have never<BR>>
seen anything. I have carried to a lot of those venues, and I did not
know<BR>> the policy, nor did I see any signs.”<BR>><BR>> Boise State
spokesman Frank Zang said the campus has more than 1 million<BR>> visits
annually by people attending hundreds of sports, cultural and<BR>>
entertainment events.<BR>><BR>> “We are concerned that allowing guns on
campus would have an adverse<BR>> effect on attracting these events to
Boise,” he said. “The industry<BR>> standard does not allow weapons in the
facilities.”<BR>><BR>> Creston Thornton, a concert promoter with CT
Touring, said weapons are not<BR>> allowed at concerts either. Taco Bell
Arena, on the Boise State campus,<BR>> has hosted concerts by the Dave
Matthews Band, Toby Keith, Metallica and<BR>> Journey.<BR>><BR>> “We
don’t even allow glass bottles because they can be used as weapons.<BR>>
It’s just assumed there’s a no-weapons policy,” said Thornton.<BR>><BR>>
Rep. Erik Simpson, R-Idaho Falls, said passing a law allowing guns on<BR>>
campus would not stop the NCAA men’s basketball tournament from coming
to<BR>> Boise State, where early-round games have been held eight times
since<BR>> 1983, most recently in 2009.<BR>><BR>> But the NCAA in its
2009 operating manual for the tournament states that<BR>> “firearms and
explosives of any kind are not permitted.”<BR>><BR>> The University of
Utah, however, held part of the NCAA women’s gymnastics<BR>> championship.
Utah does not allow firearms bans on college campuses.<BR>><BR>> “It’s a
red herring,” said Simpson. “There is no truth to it. It is not a<BR>>
condition of them appearing on a campus. It’s a guideline. It’s a
policy.<BR>> I don’t think policy is going to trump state
law.”<BR>><BR>>
-------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>> Seeya
round town, Moscow.<BR>><BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow,
Idaho<BR>><BR>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist
expects it to change<BR>> and the Realist adjusts his
sails."<BR>><BR>> - Unknown<BR>><BR>><BR>>
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