Brandon Loomis of the Trib reports on an unusual, but growing, area of civil rights protest.

In this case, it's handgun lovers who are hollering that the SL Airport is playing a sly game to deny their God-given right to pack heat. The airport, for some reason, doesn't like the idea guns circulating higgety-piggety through ticketing and luggage areas.

But gun-rights folks say, hell, those are exactly the areas you want your Glock. And when someone's got a 9mm in their pants, what can I say, but, "Gosh, I see your point!"

Gunners like to argue, "An armed society is a polite society." (I would guess, a pistol packin' passenger gets extra-courteous attention in the ticket line.)

But it would make more sense if you could count on these gunners to drill the bad guy -- and not you -- if some sh*t goes down. Unfortunately, to obtain a Utah concealed-weapon permit -- you do not have to prove you can hit anything--not even a barn or your foot.

Hard to believe, but our law doesn't require an applicant to even bust a cap to be permitted to conceal heat.