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Phoenix, Apr 19 (ANI): Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that would have allowed guns on public college campuses.

Brewer said the bill could face a legal challenge.

Brewer said in a written statement announcing the veto that the bill didn’t adequately define the “public right of way” where guns could be carried on public university and community college campuses, and gun laws must be “crystal clear so that gun owners don’t become lawbreakers by accident.”

She also warned that the bill could have mistakenly included K-12 schools, “where federal and state laws generally prohibit weapons.”

“While I support thoughtful expansion of where firearms should be allowed, the actual legislation that does so must be unambiguous and clear to protect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. Senate Bill 1467 is neither,” the Fox News quoted Brewer, as saying.

Gun-rights advocates had backed the bill, saying it would help people defend themselves and prevent them from getting in trouble for merely driving through a campus with a gun in a vehicle.

But university presidents opposed the bill. They said allowing guns on campuses would endanger employees, students and visitors, and it would be difficult for officers responding to a shooting to quickly identify a wrongdoer. (ANI)