[Idaho Gov.] Otter signs campus guns bill into law [View all]

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Source: Idaho Statesman

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter on Wednesday signed into law SB 1254, the bill to allow people with Idaho’s enhanced concealed carry permit to bring guns on Idaho public college and university campuses.

Heads of all eight of the state's public colleges opposed the bill, arguing it would strip policy-making power from universities, stymie recruitment efforts and put those on campus at risk. The bill also sparked a protest that drew hundreds to the Capitol. Otter, who didn’t receive the bill until Tuesday, was pushed to veto it in recent days by the mothers of shooting victims in college mass shootings across the nation, and by Idaho student leaders.

Otter said he backed the bill to protect Second Amendment rights, which already have some exceptions. “This is not the circumstance to carve out another,” Otter wrote. “We all will be watching closely to ensure the interests of Idaho citizens are served while their constitutional freedoms are protected.”

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