Budget Watch Nevada

When Sen. Bob Beers offered a bill to authorize teachers in Clark County schools to carry weapons on campus, many people thought it was a silly ploy to get media coverage. The bill’s premise became dead-serious today, though, with the mass murders of students at Virginia Tech.

We’ll let Bob bring you up to date on his common-sense legislation to unwind victim disarmament rules currently in place:

“As I draft this newsletter, the number of dead is 32 on the campus of Virginia Tech, where a man who was mentally ill went on a murder spree this morning. Just last year, the Virginia Legislature rejected a measure that would have allowed the hundreds of people who were on that campus this morning and who hold a permit to Carry a Concealed Weapon (CCW) to actually carry one. “I’m sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly’s actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus,” a Virginia Tech spokesman said at the time. (WorldNetDaily.com)

Similarly, my proposal to allow specially-trained teachers to carry - and, more importantly, to remove our schools from the list of gun-free zones we advertise for terrorists in state law - failed last week in the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee on a 4-2 vote. ”

You can follow Bob’s legislative updates at his excellent BLOG.