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Posts tagged as “guns”

Highway Patrol Major Raises Security Concerns about Armed Legislators

Senator Greenfield Calls Trooper Political Lackey South Dakota Highway Patrol Major Dana Svendsen testified against Senate Bill 162 Thursday. That bill was Senator Brock Greenfield's (R-2/Clark) attempt to allow certain trained legislators to carry weapons in the South Dakota Capitol…

Sen. Greenfield: Legislators Disregard Law, Sneak Guns into Capitol

Senate Judiciary yesterday heard and wisely killed Senate Bill 162, Senator Brock Greenfield's (R-2/Clark) bad idea to authorize legislators to carry concealed weapons in the State Capitol. In advocating his bill, which Greenfield said he thunk up all on his…

SB 162: Gun-Happy Legislators Consider Capitol Gunslinger Bill

It wouldn't be a South Dakota Legislative Session without lots of talk about guns. We have five bills easing or outright repealing our concealed weapons rules. Three have passed the House. Awaiting its first hearing is Senate Bill 162, which…

Higher Education Days in Pierre: Students Seek More Bucks, Not Bullets

Menno Schukking, vice-president of the Northern State University Student Association, led off the Q&A at Saturday's Aberdeen crackerbarrel by asking legislators if they thought Senate Bill 181 was a good idea. SB 181 would appropriate $3.2 million to the Board…

Who Should Have Guns at the Capitol: Legislators, Everyone, or No One?

Betty Olson has her name on another gun bill! Whoo-hoo! Actually, Senator Brock Greenfield (R-2/Clark) is leading the way on Senate Bill 162, a proposal to allow legislators to carry concealed weapons in the State Capitol. Freeze, Brock—tell us the…

Madison Lands Sexy (Sexist?) Manufacturer

The Governor's Office of Economic Development and Madison's Lake Area Improvement Corporation score another coup, bringing Iowa sexy bra manufacturer Best Darn Guns (should a company really force us to swear?) to town: In a brilliant example of vertical (or…