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Title: VETOED: Michigan Governor Rejects Bill That Would Allow Conceal-Carry In Schools, Churches and Sports Stadiums
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Published: Dec 21, 2012
Author: Mac Slavo
Post Date: 2012-12-21 12:16:29 by hondo68
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Views: 577
Comments: 6
On December 14, the very day twenty children and seven adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, the Michigan State legislature enacted a bill that would have allowed the concealed carrying of firearms in traditionally gun-free zones: The Michigan Legislature has enacted a bill allowing people who undergo extra training to carry concealed weapons in places such as schools, churches, day care centers and sports stadiums where they previously were off-limits. … Another provision would eliminate county concealed weapons licensing boards, with sheriffs taking over their duties. Under the bill, people who concealed carry in gun-free zones would have to get enhanced training beyond basic requirements and spend additional time at the gun range. Source: Click On Detroit That bill, which is by far one of the most sensible legislative actions this year, made its way to the desk of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. Ironically, after citing the Sandy Hook school shooting, the Republican governor promptly vetoed the legislation. “While we must vigilantly protect the rights of law-abiding firearm owners, we also must ensure the right of designated public entities to exercise their best discretion in manners of safety and security,” he said. “These public venues need clear legal authority to ban firearms on their premises if they see fit do so.” Safety and security? Had a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a student at Virgina Tech, a movie goer in Aurora, Colorado, or a pilot on one of the four planes downed on September 11th been armed, scores of lives could have been saved. The Michigan legislature took an important first step towards introducing Constitution-friendly legislation that puts the power of self defense and personal preservation back into the hands of law abiding American citizens. However, instead of embracing legislation that could prevent, or at the very least minimize, mass-murder incidents in the future, Michigan’s governor, and a host of other political figures and foreign governments that would disarm the citizenry, are taking exactly the opposite approach. Amid all of the emotionally driven rhetoric surrounding the perceived dangers of owning firearms, few have considered a realistic approach to stopping violent criminals and psychopaths who have no regard for the law or human life. With nearly one gun in America for every person, the task of executing a ban would be daunting, not to mention dangerous for law enforcement officials given that what we’re talking about here is disarming Americans, arguably the most heavily armed citizenry in the history of the world. Gun bans, as we’ve seen in Australia and the UK, do not work, despite what the communist Chinese suggest we do (speaking of China, has anyone considered that maybe there’s a reason the Chinese want the American people disarmed?) Does anyone realistically think that a gun ban will remove every one of the nearly 300 million guns in America? Or that mass murders will somehow be prevented once law abiding citizens no longer have access to ‘assault rifles’ ? Do those supporting executive action to supplant the Second Amendment by banning assault rifles actually believe this is the solution? Are we to believe that once guns are banned, that the other 750 million weapons throughout the world won’t make their way to America’s shores via the black market? We need to be realistic here and understand that guns are not going away, and neither are criminals and those with mental health issues. Legislation allowing concealed carry in public venues, especially schools, sports stadiums and other high-priority terrorist targets at least gives us a fighting chance. The alternative is sheep being led to slaughter, just as we saw last Friday. Poster Comment: A genuine full-strength anti-2A Republican, like Semiauto ban Mitt, Juan Triggerlock McCain, and George W. Loophole Bush. IOW, a MitTard progressive neocon gungrabber! There's not a dimes worth of difference between Democrats and Republicans.
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#1. To: hondo68, 4 (#0)
The decent citizens of Michigan should send Rick the Politician on an all expenses paid weekend in Detroit, sans bodyguards.
Considering the type of drunken idiots and lowlife thugs that attend nfl football games, I think banning concealed weapons in sports stadiums is a good idea.
Don't blame me. I didn't vote.
They're going to escape from the stadium sooner of latter, you're just delaying the inevitable. Would a shoot out in the parking lot really be that much better? ping
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This did not stop the kid in Connecticut who had his mother's firearms. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
I used to work security at Northwestern football games in Dyche Stadium in Evnaston, Illinois. We knew that they had beer in the student section, but we did not want to see it. I saw a kid pull out a beer and chug it. I walked up to him and said, "Let's have it." He did not move, so I grabbed it from his hand and dumped it. I told him, "Be mindful of the meaning of the word "discretion". Be discreet." ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
There's not a dimes worth of difference between Democrats and Republicans
#2. To: hondo68 (#0)
#3. To: Obnoxicated (#2)
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drunken idiots and lowlife thugs
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#4. To: hondo68, *Shooters*, *libertarians*, *Jack-Booted Thugs* (#0)
#5. To: hondo68 (#0)
“These public venues need clear legal authority to ban firearms on their premises if they see fit do so.”
#6. To: Obnoxicated (#2)
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drunken idiots and lowlife thugs that attend nfl football games,
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