Republican lawmakers in Utah shoot down bill to stop people from carrying weapons near schools: repo
Source: Raw Story
CHARLIE AMTER
06 MAR 2019 AT 22:41 ET
A proposed bill that would have forbidden Utah residents from openly carrying firearms within 500 feet of any K-12 school in the state was defeated in committee this week after complaints from gun lobbyists and Republican lawmakers, the Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday.
It would punish hunters, one man argued, the Tribune said of an excuse offered by a Republican lawmaker. It would put more restrictions on law-abiding gun owners than convicted sex offenders, said another
.it wouldnt stop a would-be school shooter anyway, suggested a third, the newspaper wrote Wednesday.
There will be people in violation every day, Utah was quoted as saying by the Tribune.
The proposed legislation would have exempted open carry within the gun-free zone by people who live or work within 500 feet of a school or have a gun in their car as they drive through one, especially when picking up or dropping off a student for class, the Tribune noted.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/republican-lawmakers-utah-shoot-bill-stop-people-carrying-weapons-near-schools-report/?utm_source=push_notifications
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msongs
(67,453 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,631 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,053 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)will scratch the state off my list of ever visiting again.
Baconator
(1,459 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)(answer to your query is oddly enough, found within the body of the story. Imagine that... )
Baconator
(1,459 posts)Security theater at it's finest...
ScratchCat
(2,002 posts)with people carrying a gun within 500 feet of a school? Not likely. So who was this supposed to affect? Not people intent on committing a crime, I assure you.
This is the problem with many gun laws proposed - they have no practical way of affecting criminal use of firearms. "On the No Fly list = No Gun Purchase" - that makes sense. Republicans should be ashamed for opposing that. Having the NCIC database cross-reference with a database of people judged mentally unfit - sure, that makes perfect sense to! There is also an honest debate as to whether people should own "weapons of war" capable of killing scores of people. We need that debate. But continuously proposing gun laws that demonstrably wont affect criminal misuse of guns is one of the Democrats biggest problems in attracting a plurality of Americans to the party. These "symbolic" laws are prime examples.
Flyboy_451
(230 posts)Allows people who live across the street to transport a firearm from their home to their vehicle and vice-Versa.