亞利桑那州長否決槍支及總統公民身份法案

Governor Jan Brewer of the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona has vetoed two controversial bills, one which would have allowed guns on the state's college campuses and another that would have required presidential candidates to prove their citizenship.

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She said the legislation requiring candidates to provide certain evidence to prove their eligibility was "a bridge too far" ((overreaching)). The governor also said it would put too much power in the hands of Arizona's secretary of state, who would judge if a candidate met the criteria. The bill was backed by those who question whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States. The State of Hawaii has confirmed Mr. Obama was born there in 1961.

The gun measure would have permitted weapons in public rights of way, but the governor said the language in the bill did not adequately define those areas. Brewer, a gun-rights advocate, said she worried the unclear wording could lead to gun owners breaking the law by accident.

美國西南部的亞利桑那州州長布魯爾否決了兩個有爭議的法案，其中一個法案允許在州立大學校園內持有槍支，另一法案規定總統候選人必須證明其公民身份。

她說，規定候選人提供相關證據來證明其資格的立法“手伸得太長”。這位州長還說，該法案會賦予亞利桑那州務卿過多權力，由州務卿來評判候選人是否符合條件。這個法案得到質疑奧巴馬總統是否在美國出生的那些人的支持。夏威夷州已證實奧巴馬1961年在該州出生。

有關槍支的法案原擬准許武器納入公衆權利之內，但是州長說，該法案的用詞沒有適當界定使用範圍。布魯爾是持槍權利的擁護者。她說，該法律不明確的措辭可能導致擁槍者意外違法。