UT - House passes bill to limit disorderly conduct for open carry

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House passes bill to limit disorderly conduct for open carry

By Antone Clark
Standard-Examiner
correspondent
Tue, 02/21/2012 - 7:00pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A local lawmaker’s bill to limit the ability of local police to charge a person with disorderly conduct if they are openly carrying a weapon has passed the House.

The House voted 49-21 on Tuesday afternoon to move House Bill 49, sponsored by Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clinton, to the Senate. The vote came after almost an hour of debate about the right to carry guns and whether the new provision would take away a key law enforcement tool.

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http://www.standard.net/stories/2012...uct-open-carry

HB 49 - http://le.utah.gov/~2012/bills/hbillamd/hb0049s01.pdf

Steve

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This sounds like good news.

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Utah open-carry gun bill put on ice

THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
First Published Mar 09 2012 12:29 am • Last Updated Mar 09 2012 12:29 am

A controversial gun measure that would have removed local law enforcement’s ability to cite a person openly carrying firearms with a disorderly conduct charge failed to make it for a final vote in the Senate late Thursday.

Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, instead saw his measure, HB49, get sent to an interim committee for more study — even after he wrangled an agreement from police organizations not to oppose the proposal this week. However, he was never able to get them to support it.

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http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politic...ittee.html.csp

Steve