Arizona Senate removes key part of school safety bill

 


PHOENIX (AP) — Republicans who control the Arizona Senate on Tuesday removed a major component of a school safety bill that would have allowed family members or school officials to ask a judge to remove guns from a person at risk of committing a mass shooting.

The amendment adopted in the Senate guts a major part of Republican Gov. Doug Ducey's school safety plan. The only remaining provision for so-called STOP orders allows police officers to seek involuntary hospitalization and an order removing guns, much like current law.

The bill had already been substantially changed to get signoff...



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