From Deseret News archives:
Utah's concealed-weapons permit law may change
Concerns have been raised in the administration about continuing to allow non-Utahns to get concealed-weapons permits, because the state cannot adequately monitor either the permit holders or the out-of-state instructors who train them.
So now the governor is looking at asking lawmakers to do away with a certification program for out-of-state instructors and requiring that all concealed-weapons permit training take place in Utah. "If somebody wants a concealed-carry permit, let's use it as a travel and tourism opportunity," Huntsman said during last Thursday's taping of his monthly news conference on KUED Ch. 7.
The governor said would-be permit holders should "come here to our state and go through the prerequisites here, while staying in our hotels and dining in our restaurants, as opposed to doing it somewhere in another state." The new proposal would be a compromise between keeping the current permit process in place and eliminating all out-of-state permits. Another option that's been mentioned is for Utah to issue permits and certify instructors only in states that agree to monitor them.
Department of Public Safety officials, who oversee the permit process, say the new proposal would solve at least part of the problem by getting rid of the 600 or so out-of-state instructors. Currently, there are about 300 instructors in Utah.
DPS Lt. Doug Anderson said there is no way for him and the two other department employees involved in the permit process to keep track of out-of-state instructors. Typically, once certified, they're not checked on again until their certification expires in three years.
When the department is tipped off to abuses, Anderson said it can be difficult to follow up. For example, he said the department likely won't be able to send an undercover agent to investigate allegations an instructor in Arizona is "rubber stamping" applications without giving any training.
"I think what we're going to do here is send a letter of concern and hope they comply," Anderson said.
Other instructors, he said, charge as much as $300 for training and appear to be "mass producing applicants for the money."
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