I believe that it is important that these public institutions have clear legal authority to ban weapons from their premises… Each is entrusted with the care of a vulnerable population and should have the authority to determine whether its mission would be enhanced by the addition of concealed weapons.
— Excerpt from Republican Rick Snyder’s veto message to the Michigan Legislature. Snyder nixed a bill written by extremist Republicans that would have permitted concealed weapons to be carried in Michigan schools, churches, day care centers, and stadiums.
