From Deseret News archives:
Limit gun permits to Utahns only
Nearly half of the permits issued this fiscal year went to out-of-state residents. That's a problem because law-enforcement officials cannot monitor the criminal records of out-of-state permit holders sufficiently. It's a potential public safety problem.
There is a simple solution to this matter. Utah could stop issuing these permits to residents of other states. The state could then do a better job of tracking Utah permit holders and devote more resources to other background checks conducted by the Utah Department of Public Safety.
This issue raises a number of public-policy questions. Is it fair that Utah residents who obtain permits are subject to greater scrutiny than out-of-state permit holders? The same can be asked of instructors who are certified to offer Utah concealed-weapons permit training courses. There are twice as many certified instructors out of state than in Utah. DPS does not have sufficient resources to ensure that concealed-weapons permit training offered out of state is conducted properly.
The other public policy question is, why is Utah one of only a handful of states to issue permits to out-of-state residents? Could it be that other states are not willing to issue permits for people who live elsewhere in the United States, which poses a greater challenge for regular criminal-records checks?
Utah's primary concern should be Utahns who apply or have obtained concealed-weapons permits and having sufficient resources to conduct other needed criminal-records checks. If people in other states want a concealed-weapons permit, they should petition their own legislatures for such laws. Then, their respective state governments can assume responsibility for checking criminal records.
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You get money for processing out of state applicatons don't you?...
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