By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Sun
Jan Brewer said Monday she’s “not sure” whether the shootings in Connecticut mean Arizona needs to revisit the various laws expanding the right to carry weapons in public she has signed in her four years as governor.
The governor, in her first public comments about what occurred, called the incident “absolutely horrific.”
“Everybody’s heart is broken to the point where you can’t hardly get over it when it’s brought to your attention again or you’re just thinking about it as you’re driving along,” Brewer said when asked about Arizona’s gun laws.
She said that such incidents always lead to a discussion of the rights of individuals to bear arms.
“And I’m not sure it’s something that needs to be addressed in that respect,” she said, pointing out that the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers used box cutters.
“There are evil, evil people in our country, unfortunately, and in the world,” Brewer continued. “And I don’t know how we get our arms around it.”
She said people with guns going crazy and killing people is a sad situation.
