美国西南部的亚利桑那州州长布鲁尔否决了两个有争议的法案，其中一个法案允许在州立大学校园内持有枪支，另一法案规定总统候选人必须证明其公民身份。
她说，规定候选人提供相关证据来证明其资格的立法“手伸得太长”。这位州长还说，该法案会赋予亚利桑那州务卿过多权力，由州务卿来评判候选人是否符合条件。这个法案得到质疑奥巴马总统是否在美国出生的那些人的支持。夏威夷州已证实奥巴马1961年在该州出生。
有关枪支的法案原拟准许武器纳入公众权利之内，但是州长说，该法案的用词没有适当界定使用范围。布鲁尔是持枪权利的拥护者。她说，该法律不明确的措辞可能导致拥枪者意外违法。
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.
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.