Michigan's governor tells reporters the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre gives him 'clear pause' on legislation that would allow gun owners with concealed weapons permits to carry inside schools.
Gov. Rick Snyder said Monday that he's not necessarily ready to sign off on Senate Bill 59 which would broaden Michigan's concealed-carry laws. "I wouldn't say I'm prepared to sign it by any means," the Republican governor told MLive.com. The bill, approved by the state Senate in late November and the state House just hours before Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, CT, allows gun owners with concealed weapon permits and additional training to carry firearms inside schools and day care centers and at sporting events. Several local school districts opposed the measure even before the tragedy that claimed 27 lives, including 20 children, and in the aftermath, other opponents entered the fray. During an appearance …
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"We think events like this could never happen close at home or here in Berkley. We also know that’s wishful thinking because it certainly can. What can one do?" Paul Benson asks.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
It’s challenging to celebrate this holiday season after the senseless tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. I know all of our hearts are feeling the pain and sharing the grief. Yet, there must be recovery and life will go on. The question I have is will there be anything learned from this incident, and will any changes take place to avoid it from happening again. It seems that when something bad happens, we become reactive and then move on. Hopefully the reactive behavior is beneficial. Sometimes, for a variety of reasons, no corrective action is taken. It’s like buying a home alarm system after your house has been broken into. It’s reactionary and not being proactive like buying an alarm system before the home …
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Ken Trepanier
3:07 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Guns are not the problem people are the problem. Cars kill more people than any other tool we use. So lets ban every thing that kills people. We should sit in our house until we die of natural causes. Our country has become tolerant of all misbehaved people and discipline is becoming a thing of the past. It is only when a person has gone to far that we finally put a hault on them. We have to put … more ›