Post by pavel on May 5, 2016 23:01:59 GMT -6
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal on Tuesday vetoed the Campus Carry Bill that would have allowed licensed gun holders to carry weapons onto state college and university campsus with exceptions including student housing and athletic events.
“From the early days of our nation and state, colleges have been treated as sanctuaries of learning where firearms have not been allowed,” Deal said in a veto statement. “To depart from such time honored protections should require overwhelming justification. I do not find that such justification exists.”
He also signed an executive order for the commissioner of the state’s technical college system and chancellor of the University System to report by Aug. 1 to him, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and House Speaker David Ralston on security measures in the state’s colleges and universities.
“If the intent of HB 859 is to increase safety of students on college campuses, it is highly questionable that such would be the result,” he said. “However, I understand the concerns of the authors of this legislation and the parents and students who want it to become law. They apparently believe that the colleges are not providing adequate security on their campuses and that civilian police are not doing so on the sidewalks, streets and parking lots students use as they go to and come from classes.”
Read more: www.albanyherald.com/news/local/gov-deal-vetoes-campus-carry-bill/article_00da0bf7-c705-5f45-9c2f-89f4fde474d2.html
“From the early days of our nation and state, colleges have been treated as sanctuaries of learning where firearms have not been allowed,” Deal said in a veto statement. “To depart from such time honored protections should require overwhelming justification. I do not find that such justification exists.”
He also signed an executive order for the commissioner of the state’s technical college system and chancellor of the University System to report by Aug. 1 to him, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and House Speaker David Ralston on security measures in the state’s colleges and universities.
“If the intent of HB 859 is to increase safety of students on college campuses, it is highly questionable that such would be the result,” he said. “However, I understand the concerns of the authors of this legislation and the parents and students who want it to become law. They apparently believe that the colleges are not providing adequate security on their campuses and that civilian police are not doing so on the sidewalks, streets and parking lots students use as they go to and come from classes.”
Read more: www.albanyherald.com/news/local/gov-deal-vetoes-campus-carry-bill/article_00da0bf7-c705-5f45-9c2f-89f4fde474d2.html