When it comes to expansion of gun rights, Arizona’s legislators are shooting blanks.

A number of gun bills cleared the legislature in the past two years but repeatedly met Gov. Jan Brewer’s veto, leading many at the state capitol, even some conservatives, to believe that the gun lobby has milked Arizona dry.

Part One: Gun bills in the Arizona Legislature

This year, legislators tried to push guns into college campuses and gut local government authority from regulating the use or restriction of firearms. The measures either died in the legislature or were vetoed.

Part Two: A reporter obtains an Arizona concealed weapons permit with $100 and some free time.

I’m a 22-year-old woman who has never touched a gun in her life, but obtaining a concealed weapons permit in Arizona took me little more than a lunch break and $100.