I recently sat down and had an interview with the owner of UtahGuns.net. He made a post that was published on March 3rd titled, “Steven Marquardt and the Battle for Better Info“. It highlights some information about me, why I have this website, and the Facebook group, and why I do all of this. Feel free to check it out and submit a comment on the post if you like. Thank you for your continued support! The post Utahguns.net Interview appeared first on Utah Carry Laws ..read more

Original Post Date: January 2nd, 2024 Post Updated: January 2nd, 2024 The 2024 Utah Legislative Session begins on January 16th, 2024, and ends on March 1st, 2024. If passed, a Bill will become law and effective on May 3rd, 2024, unless otherwise stated in the Bill. The following Bills are related to firearms, self-defense, hunting, and/or security officer licensing. Each Bill has a visual indication and includes the Title, Sponsor(s), Current Status, and Current Location. If you want to know more about what a Bill is, the process it goes through, and how it becomes law, see the Utah Sta ..read more

Currently a person cannot have a firearm in their residence, which means "an improvement to real property used or occupied as a primary or secondary residence", if they sign a lease agreement or other document with a landlord (owner of the property) for an apartment, room of a house, condominium, duplex, townhome, etc. which specifically states that a person cannot have a firearm on the property if notice has been given, that firearms are prohibited, by personal communication (private letters, memos, emails, etc.) to the person by the owner, lessee, or person with lawful right of possession ..read more

Post Updated: March 24th, 2022 Original Post: January 20th, 2022 The 2021 Utah Legislative Session began on January 18th, 2022, and ended on March 4th, 2022 Unless otherwise stated in a Bill, if passed and signed by Governor Cox, it will become effective on May 5th, 2021. The following Bills are about firearms, security, self-defense, and/or hunting. Each Bill has information including if we support the Bill [  ], oppose the Bill [  ], or feel indifferent about the Bill [  ], the Title, Sponsor(s), Current Status, and Current Location. If you want to know more about what a Bil ..read more

Updated April 28th, 2021 This Bill was signed by Governor Cox. The new law will take effect 60 days from the end of the Legislative Session on Tuesday, May 5th, 2021  We Support This Bill This Bill: Provides that a provisional concealed carry permit holder may, before age 21, apply for a concealed carry permit that becomes valid at age 21; clarifies requirements for renewal permits; clarifies the law regarding the ability of provisional permit holders to carry concealed weapons on certain school premises; and makes technical and conforming changes Right Now To obtain the U ..read more

Post updated on April 23rd, 2021 to include more detailed information. Governor Cox signed H.B. 60 Conceal Carry Firearms Amendments into law on February 12th, 2021, making Utah the 17th state to become Constitutional Carry, also known as "Permitless Carry". Don't just start loading up and carrying yet though, as the new law does not take effect until May 5th, 2021. While it's great news for Utah, there are some very important things you must know before you start carrying your firearm everywhere you go. There is a LOT of wrong information being spread around by companies and ins ..read more

Updated February 12th, 2021 This Bill was signed by Governor Cox. The new law will take effect 60 days from the end of the Legislative Session on Tuesday, May 5th, 2021See more information here.  We Support This Bill This Bill: Provides that an individual who is 21 years old or older, and may lawfully possess a firearm, may carry a concealed firearm in a public area without a permit; and Provides for the transfer of unused funds in the Concealed Weapons Account to the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health for suicide prevention efforts. This Bill would make Utah a true co ..read more

Post Updated: March 6th, 2021 @ 12:01 am Original Post: January 26th, 2021 The 2021 Utah Legislative Session began on January 19th, 2021, and ended on March 5th, 2021 Unless otherwise stated in a Bill, if passed and signed by Governor Cox, it will become effective on May 5th, 2021. The following Bills are firearm, security, and/or self-defense related. Each Bill has information including if we support it [  ], oppose it  [  ], Title, Sponsor, Current Status, and Current Location. If you want to know more about what a Bill is, the process it goes through, and how it becomes law ..read more

NOTE: This Bill is the same as H.B. 87 Safe Storage of Firearms Amendments which failed to pass in the 2019 Legislative Session. The following is the same text from our post last year because it's the same Bill. Under this Bill it would make it a class B misdemeanor for an owner of a firearm to store a loaded firearm in a place the owner knows or has reason to believe a minor under 18 years of age or a person restricted from possessing a firearm under Section 76-10-503 has access, unless the firearm is: • Securely encased which would be defined as, "held in a locked case, cont ..read more

Under current law it is a Class A Misdemeanor to change, alter, remove, or obliterate the name of the maker, model, manufacturer's number, or other mark of identification on any handgun (pistol or revolver). This Bill would change the law to include ALL firearms and make it a Third Degree Felony instead of a Class A Misdemeanor. It would also make it a Third Degree Felony if you are found in possession of a firearm which has been altered as described above. Because this Bill does not restrict any rights we do not support nor oppose this Bill.  We Do Not Support Nor Oppose This Bi ..read more