North Idaho college trustees voted tonight to oppose a state bill to allow concealed firearms on Idaho public college campuses under certain circumstances. The trustees voted 4-1 to oppose the bill sponsored by Sen. Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa. The dissenting vote was from Trustee Todd Banducci, president of Falcon Investments & Insurance, Inc. in Coeur d’Alene and a major in the Air Force Reserves.Like most colleges, NIC bans firearms on campus, either concealed or open carry. The Senate State Affairs Committee, which has rejected similar bills in past years, voted Monday to introduce the legislation.
The bill seeks to override campus gun bans for retired law enforcement officers and people who have Idaho’s new enhanced concealed carry permit. That permit requires more rigorous training then the state’s regular concealed weapon permit. Concealed weapons still would be prohibited in dormitories or residence halls, and in large entertainment venues with seating for 1,000 or more. The bill also adds to an existing law that makes it a crime to carry a concealed weapon while under the influence of alcohol or an intoxicating drug. NIC officials plan to testify against the bill in Boise
Source: http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2014/jan/28/nic-trustee-reject-guns-campus/
How interesting that the dissenting vote came form a major in the Air Force Reserve. Unlike Jason Bateman, some people take their constitutional oath seriously.
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I’ve read the bill, and when we were sold on this ‘enhanced’ thing it was to get recognition from other states. I’m from Idaho. It was not so that we could carry here for some things, and carry elsewhere for others with our other permits in our own state. This whole idea is anti-gun being pushed on us as if it is for ‘our own good’. Sell the second amendment, not this crap. Next we will of course have our basic license phased out, exactly like those of us not naive see coming in our state. The last thing we need is to support ‘tier 1 carry here’, ‘enhanced carry there’, and ‘super duper enhanced carry there.’…
Even the enhanced for more recognition backfired, some states recognized the new one, but dropped the old one. Shall not be infringed…
So the solution is no guns on campus to avoid the enhanced bill? I don’t think so. Yes, the 2nd Amendment should be the only gun law in the land, but we have to be realistic. Either we get more rights or less rights, either we can carry guns in more places or less places. I see this fight like the Freedom Riders in the 1960s, if you want to eat at the whites-only restaurant, you have to sit in the wrong section, if you want to get your gun rights, you have to demand them in all places. We have to make gun ownership so common that the average American can’t imagine life without guns. Otherwise, we’ll end up like California and New York, I was gonna say Chicago but thanks to a good Judge, good things are happening in Chicago now.