Brownback wants $24 million to keep guns out of psychiatric hospitals

[DonViejo]

Source: The Wichita Eagle



BY JONATHAN SHORMAN
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Gov. Sam Brownback wants more than $24 million over the next two years to keep guns out of state hospitals, frustrating lawmakers who question how such security measures can be put into place by a July 1 deadline.

Lawmakers and Brownback have the power to change the law – and avoid spending millions – but attempts to amend it have faltered.

A 2013 state law allows concealed weapons at public hospitals and college campuses beginning July 1. That includes the state’s psychiatric hospitals in Larned and Osawatomie. Guns may be kept out if buildings provide security measures such as metal detectors and armed guards. Storage for weapons may also be provided.

In a budget request released Thursday, Brownback asks for $12.5 million in the fiscal year that begins July 1, and $11.7 million in the year after, to meet the security requirements.



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[Scalded Nun]

1. They play this shit

While their people starve.

[MFM008]

2. lets keep the guns

and send Brownbutt to a psychiatric institution.

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. Go ask the NRA for a donation - EOM

[mr_lebowski]

4. Lemme guess ... this shitheel's family bigly owns stocks in companies that:

1) Make metal detectors, and/or
2) Provide security guards, and/or
3) Make firearm storage containers
... for public facilities ...

[Docreed2003]

5. So they're insisting on increased security measures, AFTER guns are removed

From the psych hospitals? Wouldn't they need LESS security? Wtf? Who's getting a pay day from this one?

[hack89]

6. No. They can't remove the guns until the increased security measures are in place.

the way the law is written, guns can only be banned if security measures like metal detectors are in place.

[Docreed2003]

7. Ah ok, gotcha...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Republicons made law to allow mentally ill to buy guns. Guarding psych hospitals is too late. . . nt

[wcmagumba]

9. The three largest state Universities...

are having to come up with several million dollars to buy metal detectors and staff them with security for
football games, basketball games and other large events due to the law allowing guns on campus...so we
have to have guns to be more secure yet common sense dictates that you are not really more secure when
everyone carries, so millions must be spent to keep people secure because of the law that is supposed
to keep you more secure....wtf? RW logic really confuses me...

[randome]

11. It's not just you.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

[Grins]

10. The NRA isn't going to like that, Sammy.....!

In April of 2013 the NRA helped kill a bill that would have closed loopholes through which criminals and mentally ill people can currently buy guns without a background check. The GOP filibustered it to its death.

The NRA's substitute legislation would have let people who have been involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospitals buy guns immediately after their commitment order expired, and restored gun rights for people who “have been adjudicated mentally incompetent”, i.e. too impaired to deposit their disability checks.