Sen. Hagedorn ‘shocked, befuddled’

Sen. Marv Hagedorn, R-Meridian, tweeted last night, “I was quite frankly shocked,” after the Senate State Affairs Committee killed his bill, HB 514 , to remove the special exemption that allows elected officials to carry concealed weapons without a permit. “Our bill passed resoundingly in the House and all but 2 members of the committee voted it down,” Hagedorn said on Twitter. “Mostly concerning the loss of automatically being able to carry concealed! It was supported by the Sheriffs, NRA and a number of pro-gun groups as a great step forward. Still befuddled…”