LANSING, MI - Gov. Rick Snyder said Monday the massacre at a Connecticut elementary schools gives him "clear pause" about legislation that could allow gun owners with concealed weapon permits to carry inside schools.

"I wouldn't say I'm prepared to sign it by any means," the Republican governor told MLive in a year-end interview.

Senate Bill 59, approved early Friday morning just hours before the slayings in Newtown, had not reached Snyder's desk as of Monday morning. He said he has not had a chance to review all the changes made to the legislation but expects to decide more quickly than usual on whether to sign or veto it, possibly within two or three days.

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"I haven't made a decision one way or another on it ... I need to see what it says. But the shooting gives you clear pause to say, 'Would this be appropriate?' That was a terrible thing to happen."

Snyder said his administration will conduct an expedited review of three policy areas in the wake of Newtown - school security, mental health and guns.

Immediately after the Connecticut shootings, groups including the Michigan Education Association and Progress Michigan called for a veto by the governor. On Monday the Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, representing 1,500 doctors, also called for a veto, as did state and national leaders of the American Federation of Teachers, with 1.5 million members.

Ari Adler, spokesman for House Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall, said Friday that allowing concealed carry permit holders with extra training to bring their guns into schools or other "gun-free" zones would be a public safety asset. Gun owners now can openly carry into schools and other places but cannot conceal their pistol in certain zones.

"People carrying concealed pistols are not the ones shooting innocent victims," Adler said "It is criminals who have no intention of following any law that are the perpetrators of these crimes. Strict gun-control laws do not stop criminals from committing evil acts, they merely infringe on the rights of law-abiding citizens who might be able to take action against evil if given the chance."

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