Shootout on the Hill
A civil war of sorts is continuing between the National Rifle Association and home-grown gun-rights groups over Utah's concealed weapon permit program, despite Rep. Curt Oda's assurances to the contrary.The Utah groups want to eliminate instructors living outside Utah who issue Utah concealed carry permits. It comes as a surprise to most people that a non-resident can get a Utah concealed gun permit with training from another non-resident without ever setting foot in the state.
This has always concerned anti-gun groups, but recently they were joined by local gun-rights leaders who fear that incidents of shoddy training will undermine the value of the Utah permit, considered the "gold standard" of concealed-carry permits because it is accepted in nearly every state.
But earlier this week, national NRA lobbyists cornered Oda and got him to neuter his HB204 to allow out-of-state training to continue. Oda told me that the Utah groups were on-board with the change. But that surprises Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, and Sen. Scott McCoy, who have been working on the issue. They say they still want to eliminate out-of-state instruction.
Aposhian explains:
It's different constituencies. We represent Utah permit holders. The NRA represents non-resident instructors. . . . I'd rather protect the value of the Utah permit than fill the pockets of an out-of-state instructor.
3 Comments:
Here in California, our local gun shops advertise that they can pass out Utah licenses. The Utah license is supposedly approved in 33 some states so with the California license good for 13 states, then most of the country is covered. Still the California dealers probably don't care too much if the holder is properly trained or winds up shooting somebody.
Since Aposhian doesn't stand to make a buck from these Californians, their rights don't matter to him.
Once again, Clark Aposhian demonstrates that he is not in this to fight for the Second Amendment, he's in it to line his own pockets.
I happen to know of clark aposhian, he is the one who has worked the Hardest in this state to secure agreements with the other states so they will accept our permit. If anything he is just protecting all the work he is done that is being undermined by shoddy instruction.
Line his pockets?/? yeah , if you mean line his pocket with a the best permit out there.
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