Debate: ‘Stinking thinking,’ ‘Calm my fears,’ ‘Bill is about rights’

Rep. Cherie Buckner-Webb, D-Boise, said she was glad to hear that it’s already illegal to drink and carry a gun, but she said, “Unfortunately drinking leads to stinking thinking,” and there’s drinking on college campuses She urged against HB 222, the guns-on-campus bill.

Rep. JoAn Wood, R-Rigby, said she favors the bill and believes students should be able to defend themselves against attacks. “It would certainly calm my fears if I were the mother of a daughter on a college campus,” she said.

Rep. Christy Perry, R-Nampa, said, “This bill is not about the NCAA, it’s not about whether one shooter can stop another shooter. … In my mind, this bill is about rights.” She said, “The state of Idaho has the right to regulate firearms, not a college, not a university.”