Utah has dropped its gun permit law: Will it be status quo or the Wild West? Dennis Romboy
In an upstairs conference room at his Salt Lake City catering company, Aaron Turner has a Glock 19X 9 mm handgun holstered on his hip as he demonstrates how to oil a pistol to a small group of people.
Several other handguns lay on a table next to him. A list of Utah gun laws illuminate the screen behind him. A question arises about carrying a gun in a grocery store.
Turner, who works as certified firearms instructor as a side gig, explains that a store is private property and if an employee asks a gun holder to leave, the best course of action is to leave.
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There’s a legend about a cowboy out in the woods with a pistol on his side, when it started to rain. This old cowpoke put on a jacket and, just like that, was hassled by law enforcement for carrying an illegally concealed firearm.
The story always seemed fishy to me, but it’s been told so many times around Utah’s Capitol that it has taken on a life of its own.
In past years, the one obstacle to passing the legislation has been Gov. Gary Herbert, who vetoed it in 2013 and kept it in check in subsequent years by threatening to veto it again, if it made it to his desk.