Gun rights fanatics and gun control zealots at least can agree on one thing– Utah's gun laws are a mess. The poorly worded statutes often are open to interpretation. Can I put my roscoe in the glove box or must I display it on the seat of the car? If my coat blows open and someone sees my legally concealed gat, am I illegally "brandishing." What's the etiquette of toting a 9mm into Psych class?

Rep. Curt Oda pushed a measure to the House floor that will clarify that a concealed-gun permit holder also can carry his pistol unconcealed — as the Tribune explains, " in almost any publicly owned space in Utah, including university campuses, public schools, sports arenas and hospitals."

Oda's HB473, not incidentally, would stick it up the snoot of University of Utah officials who gave in to allowing concealed weapons on campus — but argued that concealed weapon-permits holders must keep their guns out of sight lest they disrupt learning.

The bill flew through committee without opposition less than a week after a student at Northern Illinois University killed six, including himself.