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.
And they are Republicans to boot. This is a continuation of the infantilization of children. When do they get to be adults?
Drugs, alcohol and sex - OK. Guns - too much for the kiddies to handle.
I mean, we’d rather lose some fundamental rights than miss any football games, right?
This is what happens when rights turn into government (political) granted privileges.
The NRAs victories are hollow.