Arizona universities estimate costs of campus guns bill

[jpak]

http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-news/2012/02/29/arizona-universities-estimate-costs-of-campus-guns-bill/

Arizona’s three state universities estimate that a bill that would allow guns on campus would cost millions of dollars in one-time and annual expenses.

The legislation would result in an additional $13.3million in one-time expenses and an additional $3.1million in annual operating costs at Arizona State University, University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University.

The university system, which expects to serve about 138,000 students in fiscal 2012, has a total budget of about $3.8billion.

The bulk of the money would go toward constructing gun-storage lockers outside buildings so guns couldn’t be brought into classrooms, according to a study prepared by the universities and released Wednesday.

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tax guns and ammo to cover the cost

yup

[ileus]

1. admin and lawyers sure can mess up a good thing.

[Hoyt]

4. In this case, they are thinking ahead and of consequences to the campus at large.

It might make someone bent on walking around on a beautiful campus with guns unhappy, but that is just too bad.

[rl6214]

6. consequences, like all of those at all of the campuses that aready allow concealed carry?

All of those campuses? You're gonna point out all of the problems that have occured, right?

[Remmah2]

2. What good are storage lockers? "STEAL THIS GUN"

They would serve as a shopping market focal point for thieves. The point of concealed carry is to keep it a secret. Concealed carry is supposed to keep them handy.

[Hoyt]

3. If you don't like the rules, don't walk around on a campus of higher learning with a gun or two.

Everyone but a few so-called Young Republicans, will be happy for you to leave your guns at home.

Taxpayers will be glad not to spend the extra money to make a few gun carriers happy -- not to mention the extra money when someone gets drunk and shoots an innocent party, or some gungho right wing kid tries to play cowboy and stop some minor crime with his gun(s).

When I went to school, you could smoke in class. They don't allow that nowadays thank goodness, nor should they allow yahoos to carry guns on campus.

[rl6214]

7. Don't even know where to start with this post

The whole thing is just

[shadowrider]

8. And I'm sure you have specific examples, lots of them

of someone who gets drunk and shoots an innocent party, or some gungho right wing kid trying to play cowboy.

I'll wait for all these incidents that've already happened.

[ileus]

11. Probably wouldn't need a BUG on campus.

[Remmah2]

13. Laws trump rules.

Too bad. Another second amendment lawsuit in the making.

Exactly what were you smoking in class?

[PavePusher]

12. Not only that but, by requireing that personal sidearms be removed when entering buildings.....

they vastly increase the chances of an accidental or negligent discharge. And you know they won't have clearing barrels and observers at each door.....

They could save a lot of money time and risk by actually allowing the guns into the building.

Let's have a show of hands: Who here thinks that someone with criminal intent will stop at the entrance and locker-up their firearms? Bueller..... Bueller..... Bueller.....?

[rl6214]

5. How about you anti-gun zealots that are the only ones that don't want the guns there pay for it

[GreenStormCloud]

9. It doesn't need to cost anything.

All a college has to do to have zero cost is to ignore the guns.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

14. Yes but...

...these are politicians. They make a living looking at a situation and finding a "problem". Then they create legislation to "solve" the "problem" and MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES.

[krispos42]

10. They're choosing to make a big deal over this

"If you're going to make me do this, I'm going to be as difficult as possible", followed by the stamping of metaphorical feet.

[petronius]

15. They do seem to have a deliberately extreme idea of the lengths they'd

need to go to to respond to the law:

ASU Chief of Police John Pickens estimates he would need to hire at least one additional officer and one additional police aide per shift on each of the four campuses. He expects calls to police will increase, including calls for unintended discharges of weapons, stolen weapons and attempted theft of weapons.

Based on what evidence?

[Glassunion]

16. Fucking Panic!!!!!!!!

13.3 million dollars can buy you 40,923 sally port gun locker systems which can secure 163,692 firearms. Total full time students in the Arizona university system 138,000 students.

How many of the 138,000 are eligible and will carry a firearm?