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Gov. Hobbs vetoes proposal to let parents bring guns to school

In her veto letter, Hobbs said allowing more guns onto Arizona's campuses will "not make a campus safer."

PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed two bills that involved firearms and public schools.

Senate Bill 1331 would have allowed parents with a permit to carry concealed weapons to bring their guns onto a school campus.  

House Bill 2332 would have required schools to host firearms safety training for students in grades six through 12. The legislation still allowed parents to have their children opt out of the training.

Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives promoted HB 2332 as a solution to preventing gun violence in schools.  

But both gun-focused bills were included in the latest batch of bills that the governor vetoed this week.

In her veto letter, Hobbs said allowing more guns to be legally possessed on school grounds "will not make a campus safer."

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"Firearms on campus have the potential to confuse law enforcement as they arrive at an active shooter situation," the governor wrote.

Hobbs also mentioned another gun-related legislation piece, House Bill 2192, that wasn't given a hearing in the Republican-controlled Legislature during this session. 

Known as the "Christian's Law" bill, HB 2192 would have required gun owners to keep their firearms in a locked container when not in use. The bill is named after a Gilbert teenager who died in 2021 from a gunshot wound at a friend's house where a gun was not locked up.

In the veto letter, Hobbs suggested that HB 2192 is the type of legislation she's willing to approve to prevent gun violence.

So far this school year, local law enforcement has responded to numerous reports of threats and students possessing guns at schools throughout Arizona. 

Editor's Note: The above video is from an earlier broadcast.

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