Arizona State Senator Proposes Allowing Guns on Campus

CNN Transcripts ^ | March 12, 2008 | Glenn Beck

[marktwain]

BECK: OK. There is one problem that I have with gun-free zones. And that`s that bad guys shoot people in gun-free zones. They don`t seem to care about the little sign. Too often no guns results in dead kids.

Finally, one lawmaker has had enough, Arizona State Senator Karen Johnson. She`s sponsoring a bill that would allow people -- think how crazy this is -- 21 years and older, that have a concealed weapons permit to carry their firearms at public colleges and universities. Amen. Oh, no, did I just say that? Oh, no. It might save lives, because that`s what guns do. They save lives.

Let`s go to the senator now.

What put you over the edge here on this lawsuit -- this proposal?

KAREN JOHNSON, ARIZONA STATE SENATOR: Well, Mr. Beck, we had several teachers, actually, came to me and related the fact that they actually had a lot of concerns of being in their classrooms totally unprotected, especially after you have the Virginia Tech incident, and then you also had the incident that happened in Illinois.

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BECK: Yes. You know what? The thing is, is everybody -- because the people who are against this will say all these crazy people will be in shootouts all the time, everybody will be carrying guns.

I carry a gun. I mean, I know people that carry guns all the time. Concealed weapons permit holders are responsible, for the love of Pete. I don`t know any of them that have ever been in a shootout.

[marktwain]

Glenn Beck had this interview as part of his show on March 12. I think he must have made history here. Has anyone on the MSM ever admitted to carrying a gun for self-defense, or said that guns save lives.

Good for Glenn Beck and Karen Johnson.

I have met Karen, by the way. She is one of our best Arizona state Senators.

[VRWCmember]

I have met Karen, by the way. She is one of our best Arizona state Senators.

I hope that you will work to get her "promoted" if we get to replace McCain as a Senator after November.

[marktwain]

I'd love to, but with our Democrat governor, Napolitano, we have a difficult time.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Won’t happen. The left would rather have innocent students dead than give law-abiding citizens the right to defend themselves and other innocent people.

[aft_lizard]

I don’t know about that, Napolitano is a Clintonista who triangulates everything. If the triangulation shows Arizonans wanting guns on campus you can bet that she will not only sign it but take credit for it.

[Digital Sniper]

I'd love to, but with our Democrat governor, Napolitano, we have a difficult time.

Smooth seas do not a skilled sailor make. We'll get 'er done.

BTW, pleased to meet a fellow Arizonan here!

[Digital Sniper]

What you say about Napolitano is true, but she's blown a lot of political capital in throwing her support to HUSSEIN Obama. Now that the wheels are coming off the Obama wagon, her glory-grabbing ways will hopefully get more scrutiny.

[Digital Sniper]

Won’t happen. The left would rather have innocent students dead than give law-abiding citizens the right to defend themselves and other innocent people.

You forget that this is Arizona: the state where "the People" in the Second Amendment actually means the People. Open carry and shall-issue CCW is what we have, and we do things in such a way that the illegals here self-deport.