Tag: guns
Protect residents, police by enforcing gun laws
Morris Richard Jones III, prohibited possessor, used illegally appropriated guns to slay the mother of an innocent and now orphaned child, shoot five Phoenix police officers, and injure four others...
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Guns don’t belong on college campuses
Like many students of my generation, I have vivid early memories of gun violence. I remember my 7th grade math class making snowflakes to send to traumatized students after the...
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Higher-ed pushes back on campus carry
Students, administrators and faculty are lining up to oppose a bill currently moving through the Senate that may prohibit universities and colleges from enforcing any policy restricting the possession of...
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Arizona lawmaker sorry for comments about minorities, guns
Arizona state Rep. Jay Lawrence is apologizing for saying that black and Hispanic communities “are better armed than the police officers who are supposed to be controlling them” and that...
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House approves bill to allow loaded guns inside cars on school campuses
Ducey won’t budge on ‘crown jewel’ of gun legislation
Arizona Legislature closes session with big issues undone
The Arizona Legislature adjourned its 2018 session early Friday, leaving without taking action on two of Gov. Doug Ducey’s biggest initiatives of the year, a water policy overhaul and an...
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Senate approves watered down gun bill
State senators voted Tuesday for what was crafted as a comprehensive school and public safety plan — but not before Republicans removed a key provision designed to take guns away...
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Gun bill advances, but foes say it doesn’t go far enough
The Breakdown, Episode 13: Good – not great – times at the Capitol
Yarbrough: Ducey has NRA approval of gun proposal
Senate President Steve Yarbrough (R-Chandler) (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times) The National Rifle Association will back Gov. Doug Ducey’s school safety plan – or so...