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Acting Rep. Batt: ‘I carried my concealed weapon - hypothetically’

Acting Rep. Gayle Batt, R-Wilder, while asking a question during the guns-on-campus hearing, said she didn't know guns were banned on the BSU campus and that she carried her concealed weapon to two legislative events there - hypothetically. (Betsy Russell)

Acting Rep. Gayle Batt, R-Wilder, asked BSU security chief John Uda if there are signs warning that weapons can’t be carried on the campus, and said, “I carried my concealed weapon with me at the last two legislative events that occurred on the BSU campus and didn’t know - hypothetically.” Uda responded that it’s just general knowledge that you can’t carry a gun on a college campus or at a school; there are no signs.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Eye On Boise." Read all stories from this blog