Arizona Senate votes to allow guns in most public buildings

[shadowrider]

With both sides invoking the memory of the Tucson shootings, the Senate voted 21-8 Thursday to expand where people can carry their guns.

SB 1201 would make most public buildings places where weapons are permitted. It would allow gun owners to ignore the "no weapons'' signs now posted on most buildings unless visitors also had to either go through metal detectors or be screened by security personnel with hand-held wands.

It would not, however, disturb existing laws about guns on college campuses. But separate legislation proposes to overturn that ban.

Senate President Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, said the measure simply recognizes that people have a right to defend themselves.

But the move, less than two months after the incident in Tucson, provoked an angry and sometimes tearful reaction by foes, all Democrats.

"Has this body no shame, no compassion, no respect?'' asked Sen. Linda Lopez, D-Tucson. She said the families of the six who were killed and the 13 injured, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was shot in the head and is undergoing rehabilitation in Houston, are still recovering.

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/politics/article_f7d92fbc-461a-11e0-b909-001cc4c03286.html

RE: Para 5. And people wonder why Democrats have an "anti-gun" image.

[atreides1]

1. WTF

Then the good senator won't be surprised when one day someone enters the State Capital building and kills a bunch of people...

[Callisto32]

2. I see what you did, there.

[2Design]

3. yes we need more guns - one for every man, woman, and child

and two for every poor desperate person - we can be number 1 country in viloence and death

[lawodevolution]

5. name one highly armed country with a high rate of violence

I'll name some violent countries with very low rates of gun ownership: Nigeria, Haiti, Jamaica, Russia, Mexico, Eastern europe, South America, Brazil, Colombia

That's a start.

[2Design]

6. usa companies not make enough profit just with them - we need more

users to kill more people accidentally or on purpose

NRA member, right?

Love all those guns and bombing countries that did not attack us and arming all those countries you listed above - our only commodity is WMDs and guns are part of that - make more - lots more - more profit and blood for those who want them

[lawodevolution]

10. lol, did you take your meds?

[parkia00]

11. Your Comparison is Borked!

You are comparing mostly third world countries with large poor populations that live in crowded urban areas such as city slums. Try comparing countries that are somewhat on par with the level of living with the USA. Try western Europe, Australia, or even Canada. That's a start.

[lawodevolution]

4. they are still trying to use tragedy to force their political views

on the people that are not backed by the people. The people support SB1201 and it should pass through. There is nothing evil or wrong with SB1201 and the negative feelings only reside in the minds of Sen Lopez and the like who need to get kicked out in the next voting cycle and replaced with a pro-2A democrats.

[DWC]

7. "the incident in Tucson"

happened outside in the parking lot of a grocery store.

Please explain its relevance to SB 1201.

Semper Fi,

[shadowrider]

9. That's a question better suited to the author of the article, all I did was post it n/t

[Lex1775]

8. We were all told that blood would flow in the streets...

When we passed no permit concealed carry a few months back.

[Upton]

12. It's no surprise tears were involved

as the arguments for gun control are based almost exclusively on emotion.

And that "anti gun" image continues to hurt Democrats..in rural and swing districts throughout the country. Thankfully, more and more in the party are finally getting the message...restricting guaranteed civil liberties is a loser.

[jpak]

14. Emotion = fear of guns - which kill tens of thousands of Americans a year

Republicans suck

yup

[jpak]

13. More Arizona republican insanity

yup