Arkansas House advances concealed handgun exemption bill

 

March 31, 2017



LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers voted Thursday to exempt college sporting events from a new state law expanding where concealed guns are allowed in a vote that one lawmaker complained was a "no-win" choice between the University of Arkansas Razorbacks and the National Rifle Association.

The proposal advanced in the House on a 71-20 vote Thursday. The Senate is expected to take up the proposal as soon as Friday.

Under the exemption proposal, which Gov. Asa Hutchinson supports, college stadiums such as the University of Arkansas' Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium and the Univ...



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