UT - Panel advances bill

[Gunreference1]

Panel advances bill that would allow people to carry guns openly around public schools

Published: Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 10:46 p.m. MST
By Amanda Verzello, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill Friday that would drop the "no gun" border around schools is one step closer to becoming law, just as another gun-related bill died.

Guns could be carried openly around the perimeter of public and private schools under HB75, sponsored by Rep. Curt Oda, R-Clearfield, as long as the carrier remained off school property. The bill narrowly passed committee 5-4.

The law currently defines a 1,000-feet perimeter around schools as off-limits for the open carry of firearms. The problem, Oda says, is that some schools, such as those in strip malls, are not easily identifiable. The bill would reduce the creation of "inadvertent criminals" who aren't aware they're in close proximity of a school, he said.

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...c-schools.html

HB 75 - http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/hbillint/hb0075s01.pdf

Steve

[Penguin]

I did not know about that law. Good to know and I hope it gets changed.