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2017 HB177 PURCHASE OF FIREARM AMENDMENTS

utbagpiper

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Let's see if every post in the Utah section attracts the pet trolls.

HB 177 by Paul Raul, http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0177.html , appears to be housekeeping bill that simplifies the current language on allowing currently employed Utah peace officers to obtain a concealed carry permit or to buy a gun, without having to go through (and I presume pay for) the usual background check.

Charles
 

JoeSparky

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This may be a simple "housekeeping" bill I object to the simple premise of granting government employees special privileges not granted to the citizenry.

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utbagpiper

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This may be a simple "housekeeping" bill I object to the simple premise of granting government employees special privileges not granted to the citizenry.

I don't like special privileges for the government types either.

And I'm no expert. But I wonder if this isn't a bit like the way permit holders can buy a gun without the usual background check, or at least not paying for the background check.

Is this a special privilege? Or is a perfectly reasonably policy in light of the fact that permit holders are essentially background checked every day by the permit system?

I don't know how often cops get their backgrounds checked. I hope it is often enough that exempting them from the usual background check for purchase of a gun or obtaining a permit isn't so much a special privilege, as just a natural thing to do. And if they simply don't have to pay for the background check or to submit fingerprints to the FBI when they have already done so as part of their government job, I won't begrudge that. While cops are fairly well paid by several important metrics, at the end of the day, they are not overpaid for a lot of what they endure. To not charge them ~$35 for a redundant and unnecessary submission of fingerprints or $7.50 for a redundant background check to purchase isn't unreasonable.

Charles
 
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