Illinois the last to Fall! Enacts Nation's final Concealed-Gun Law

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I should also point out though, that while one could say that there's 2 concealed carry holders for every 10 people in Utah, not everyone who has a CFP carries a gun with them every day. I'll bet that around half of the CFP holders don't carry on a regular basis. I know I don't.

Back in 1991 a man took hostages at Alta View Hospital in Sandy, Utah, killing one nurse in the process. After the incident doctors and nurses began seeking Concealed Carry Permits in large numbers. It became an "open secret" at the time that while CCPs were harder to come by in those days the applicants were also advised by law enforcment officials that carrying without one was only a misdemeanor.

[Ducimus]

Just tossing this out your way Steve, for no particular reason other then I think you might find it interesting as a Utahn.

http://publicsafety.utah.gov/bci/brady_statistics.html

[Sailor Steve]

"Moral Turpitude"?

http://publicsafety.utah.gov/bci/brady_statistics.html

I like the reason for the big jump in 2000.
Damn evil government, not only keeping records but checking them too

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

"Moral Turpitude"?

Well, this IS Utah. "This is the place", originally to be named "Deseret", and all of that.

Frankly the religious influence here doesn't bother me in the least. I actually support it, albeit only by personal opinion. Yeah that's right, me, Mr "Dont shove your religion down my throat" doesn't have a problem with it. I have far more respect for Mormon's then I do Evangelicals, but that's a topic for another thread that I probably won't get into. Suffice to say, from everything I've seen, the Mormon's have made Utah a great place to live, and I say, "So long as that's true, then more power to em!".