As to the law, this one sounds like a good balance between rights as private property owners can decide for themselves.
Bredesen sounds like a loser. Any more to the story or background? What were his stated reasons for vetoing it? There must be a lobbyist somewhere in the mix.
This is what happens when the NRA insists on endorsing DEMOCRAT polticians as in this case of Governor Phil Bredesen and John Murtha over a real 2nd amendment candidate.
Another liar in politics, A rat I suppose.
House kills bill to allow guns on college campuses by By Ed Anderson, The Times-Picayune Thursday May 28, 2009, 4:52 PM
BATON ROUGE -- The House voted 86-18 today to kill a bill that would have allowed qualified students 21 and older and faculty members to carry concealed weapons on college campuses.
House Bill 27 by Rep. Ernest Wooton, R-Belle Chasse, was amended to prohibit carrying the concealed weapons at sporting events by barring them at arenas, football stadiums and other sports venues.
Wooton said he amended the bill because of a firestorm of criticism that the measure has generated from college athletics officials, including LSU football coach Les Miles, former LSU Athletic Director Skip Bertman and the commissioners of the Southland and Sun Belt conferences who warned that some schools may not want to play in Louisiana with the concealed carry law in place on campuses.
"It is not a gun bill, it is a rights bill,'' Wooton said.
Rep. Greg Cromer, R-Slidell, asked the House to reject the bill, saying that young students drink and "alcohol and guns on campus don't mix.''
Ed Anderson can be reached at eanderson@timespicayune.com or 225.342.5810.
I don't see the point of this bill anyway since most college students are 18-20 years old. You have to be 21 to get a permit to cary a concealed weapon. Also, the number of college kids with a concealed weapons permit is extreamly low.
"alcohol and guns on campus don't mix." - Apparently, this LAWMAKER doesn't realize it's against the law to carry a gun if you've been drinking. This bill wouldn't have changed that fact.
Part of Bredesens’ veto statement was as follows.
“The notion that this bill would permit one to carry a concealed weapon into a crowded bar at midnight on a Saturday night defies common sense, and I cannot sign such a measure into law.”
I guess he figured that statement would sound a lot better to the gun-grabbers than saying “The notion that this bill would permit a law-abiding citizen to carry a concealed weapon into a Taco Bell at three in the afternoon on a Tuesday defies common sense”.
Actually, Governor, you are the one defying common sense. The House and Senate should quickly over-turn your veto. 66 House members and 26 Senators passed the bill. 50 votes and 17 votes respectively will over-turn you.