GOP lawmaker: Arm ‘hot little girls’ to stop college sex assault

2-19-15 Nevada:

A Nevada lawmaker is sponsoring a bill to legalize guns on college campuses in her state, a measure she said could prevent men from sexually assaulting “young, hot little girls.”

Many gun rights advocates argue that arming female college students around the country would help reduce sexual assaults. One of those advocates, Republican Assemblywoman Michele Fiore of Nevada, said in a recent telephone interview with The New York Times: “If these young, hot little girls on campus have a firearm, I wonder how many men will want to assault them. The sexual assaults that are occurring would go down once these sexual predators get a bullet in their head.”

After publication of the Times report on Wednesday, Fiore issued a statement seemingly clarifying her remarks: “That may not be the most eloquent way to phrase it; however, I stand wholeheartedly by that sentiment because I want every citizen, whether they’re on a college campus or not, to have the right to defend him or herself from sexual assault.”

“So I ask: ‘What’s your point? Are you opposed to the right to self defense or are you arguing that rape is the new normal of attending college?’” she added.

Nevada law currently bans concealed weapons at colleges and universities, unless an individual gets permission from the institution’s president, a rare occasion.

The bill introduced by Fiore last Friday would change that, and also allow individuals with concealed weapon permits to carry their guns in public buildings and in unsecured areas of airports. Two previous attempts to pass the so-called “campus carry” bill, which was opposed by university officials, failed in both 2011 and 2013. But now that Republicans control both chambers of the Nevada state legislature, Fiore allegedly is confident her measure will become law. ..Continued.. by Michele Richinick