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In my own browser, I've bookmarked some very handy links to the United States and Utah Constitutions and to various gun laws. I thought that it might be useful for others if I made those links available here.
Let me add the mandatory disclaimer here:
Utah Gun Law, 3rd Edition
by Attorney Mitch Vilos
Check out this thread for tips on where to find this book. Note that Utah gun laws do change from time to time. So, the way I use this book (after having read it through once) is as a handy reference to help me look up gun laws, then I go online to verify that the referenced sections are still the same.
Sorry, but I really don't know of any similar, handy reference on Federal gun laws. However, the above book does have a chapter on Federal gun laws. The author introduces that chapter by saying that it only gives an overview of a few of the most important Federal gun laws.
Also, HERE is an excellent printable booklet created by forum member, Venzor, as a pocket reference.
Shown here are instructions on how to fold it into a booklet. The same disclaimer that I gave above should be applied to this booklet.
And HERE is an excellent two-page pamphlet created by forum member ScottyT.
Both the booklet and pamphlet are excellent pocket resources!
So, here are the handy links that I've bookmarked over time:
Let me add the mandatory disclaimer here:
- I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, and certainly cannot
give legal advice, nor do I claim that the following links cover
all of the important gun-laws of Utah and/or of the Federal
Government.[/*] - If you need accurate, reliable legal advice on gun laws, consult
a knowledgeable attorney.[/*] - This information is provided for unofficial entertainment purposes
only. Use this information at your own risk.[/*] - I have dutifully covered my butt here.[/*]
Utah Gun Law, 3rd Edition
by Attorney Mitch Vilos
Check out this thread for tips on where to find this book. Note that Utah gun laws do change from time to time. So, the way I use this book (after having read it through once) is as a handy reference to help me look up gun laws, then I go online to verify that the referenced sections are still the same.
Sorry, but I really don't know of any similar, handy reference on Federal gun laws. However, the above book does have a chapter on Federal gun laws. The author introduces that chapter by saying that it only gives an overview of a few of the most important Federal gun laws.
Also, HERE is an excellent printable booklet created by forum member, Venzor, as a pocket reference.
Shown here are instructions on how to fold it into a booklet. The same disclaimer that I gave above should be applied to this booklet.
And HERE is an excellent two-page pamphlet created by forum member ScottyT.
Both the booklet and pamphlet are excellent pocket resources!
So, here are the handy links that I've bookmarked over time:
- The Great State of Utah
- Utah Constitution[/*]
- Utah Constitution: Article I, Section 6. (Right to bear arms)[/*]
- Utah Code -- Statutes and Constitution[/*]
- Utah Code -- Title 53 -- Chapter 05 -- Regulation of Weapons.
- U.C.A. 53-5-704. Division duties -- Permit to carry concealed firearm -- Certification for concealed firearms instructor -- Requirements for issuance -- Violation -- Denial, suspension, or revocation -- Appeal procedure.[/*]
- U.C.A. 53-5-710. Cross-references to concealed firearm permit restrictions.
(Lists places that we are prohibited from carrying with a CFP)[/*] - U.C.A. 53-5a-102. Uniform firearm laws.[/*]
- U.C.A. 53-5a-103. Discharge of firearm on private property -- Liability.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-500. Uniform law.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-501. Definitions.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-502. When weapon deemed loaded.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-503. Restrictions on possession, purchase, transfer, and ownership of dangerous weapons by certain persons.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-504. Carrying concealed dangerous weapon -- Penalties.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-505. Carrying loaded firearm in vehicle or on street.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-505.5. Possession of a dangerous weapon, firearm, or sawed-off shotgun on or about school premises -- Penalties.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-506. Threatening with or using dangerous weapon in fight or quarrel.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-3-203.2. Definitions -- Use of dangerous weapon in offenses committed on or about school premises -- Enhanced penalties.
(This defines school premises, including "within 1,000 feet of any structure, facility, or grounds included in Subsections (1)(a)(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv).")[/*] - U.C.A. 76-10-508. Discharge of firearm from a vehicle, near a highway, or in direction of any person, building, or vehicle -- Penalties.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-509. Possession of dangerous weapon by minor.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-509.4. Prohibition of possession of certain weapons by minors.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-509.5. Penalties for providing certain weapons to a minor.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-509.6. Parent or guardian providing firearm to violent minor.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-509.7. Parent or guardian knowing of minor's possession of dangerous weapon.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-509.9. Sales of firearms to juveniles.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-511. Possession of loaded weapon at residence authorized.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-523. Persons exempt from weapons laws.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-523.5. Compliance with rules for secure facilities.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-524. Purchase of firearms pursuant to federal law.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-526. Criminal background check prior to purchase of a firearm -- Fee -- Exemption for concealed firearm permit holders.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-527. Penalties.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-528. Carrying a dangerous weapon while under influence of alcohol or drugs unlawful.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-529. Possession of dangerous weapons, firearms, or explosives in airport secure areas prohibited -- Penalty.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-530. Trespass with a firearm in a house of worship or private residence -- Notice -- Penalty.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-1504. Bus hijacking -- Assault with intent to commit hijacking -- Use of a dangerous weapon or firearm -- Penalties.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-10-1507. Exclusion of persons without bona fide business from terminal -- Firearms and dangerous materials -- Surveillance devices and seizure of offending materials -- Detention of violators -- Private security personnel.
(The above two statutes provide the exception that allows permit-holders to carry on a bus.)[/*] - U.C.A. 76-8-311.1. Secure areas -- Items prohibited -- Penalty.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-8-311.3. Items prohibited in correctional and mental health facilities -- Penalties.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-6-206. Criminal trespass.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-2-402. Force in defense of person -- Forcible felony defined.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-2-405. Force in defense of habitation.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-2-406. Force in defense of property.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-2-407. Deadly force in defense of persons on real property.[/*]
- U.C.A. 76-1-105. Common law crimes abolished.
(This essentially states if something is not made illegal by statute or ordinance, then it is legal.)[/*] - U.C.A. 78B-3-110. Defense to civil action for damages resulting from commission of crime.[/*]
- U.C.A. 53B-3-103. Power of board to adopt rules and enact regulations.[/*]
- U.C.A. 10-8-47. Intoxication -- Fights -- Disorderly conduct -- Assault and battery -- Petit larceny -- Riots and disorderly assemblies -- Firearms and fireworks -- False pretenses and embezzlement -- Sale of liquor, narcotics or tobacco to minors -- Possession of controlled substances -- Treatment of alcoholics and narcotics or drug addicts.[/*]
- U.C.A. 53-3-220. Offenses requiring mandatory revocation, denial, suspension, or disqualification of license -- Offense requiring an extension of period -- Hearing -- Limited driving privileges. (This deals with a driver's license, but references shooting from a vehicle).[/*]
- U.C.A. 34-45. Protection of Activities in Private Vehicles (parking lot bill).[/*]
- U.C.A. 10-8-47. Intoxication -- Fights -- Disorderly conduct -- Assault and battery -- Petit larceny -- Riots and disorderly assemblies -- Firearms and fireworks -- False pretenses and embezzlement -- Sale of liquor, narcotics or tobacco to minors -- Possession of controlled substances -- Treatment of alcoholics and narcotics or drug addicts.
(This is where the legislature authorizes cities to restrict the discharge of firearms.)[/*] - U.C.A. 10-8-94. Towns with same authority as cities.
(This is where the legislature authorizes towns with the same authority as cities.)[/*] - U.C.A. 78A-2-203. Rules -- Right to make -- Limitation -- Security.
(This is where the legislature authorizes courts to regulate firearms in their court rooms. This is also where it requires courts to provide secure storage for a CFP-holder's firearm.)[/*] - U.C.A. 29-2-103. Innkeeper's rights -- Liability -- Prohibition on discrimination.
(This is where the legislature authorizes innkeepers to refuse accomodations to anyone who is "in the reasonable belief of the innkeeper, bringing in property that may be dangerous to other persons, including firearms or explosives")[/*] - U.C.A. 63K-4-405. Prohibition of restrictions on and confiscation of a firearm or ammunition during an emergency.[/*]
- AG Opinion 2001-2. The Utah Department of Human Resource Management cannot promulgate rules against carrying of firearms.[/*]
- None currently in effect
NOTE: The "Requirement to Notify Peace Officer When Stopped" rule is currently not in force. Here's the bill that reauthorized rules, excluding the Concealed Firearm Permit Rule:
Administrative Rules Reauthorization[/*]
- Utah State Legislature - LivePublish Searchable Database (Handy Searchable Database)[/*]
- Utah State Legislature - Bills Passed (Shows a list of bills enrolled in the latest legislative session)[/*]
- Utah State Legislature - How an Idea Becomes a Law (Description of the law-making process)[/*]
- 2010: See this thread
[/*] - 2009: See this thread
[/*] - 2008
- H.B. 473. Firearms Amendments (Sponsored by Curt Oda - Did not pass, defeated in Senate). Would have clarified that there is no requirement to conceal. Click HERE for a voice recording of the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee testimony of Attorney General Mark Shurtleff which spells out the current legality of open carry of a firearm. Here is a transcript of that recording, transcribed by forum member Outsider.
[/*] - S.B. 43. Administrative Rules Reauthorization (Sponsored by Howard A. Stephenson, Passed). This is the bill that removed the following rule: R722-300, Public Safety, Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Criminal Identification, Concealed Firearm Permit Rule. (i.e. the requirement to notify a police officer when you are carrying)[/*]
- H.B. 473. Firearms Amendments (Sponsored by Curt Oda - Did not pass, defeated in Senate). Would have clarified that there is no requirement to conceal. Click HERE for a voice recording of the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee testimony of Attorney General Mark Shurtleff which spells out the current legality of open carry of a firearm. Here is a transcript of that recording, transcribed by forum member Outsider.
- 2007
- S.B. 251. Higher Education - Concealed Firearms Restrictions (Sponsored by Greg Bell - Passed as S.B. 251 Second Substitute). Intended as a compromise with the University of Utah to end that institution's federal lawsuit against the Utah Legislature.[/*]
- 2006
- S.B. 24. Weapons Amendments (Sponsored by Mark Madsen - Did not pass). Would have allowed car-carry without a CFP.[/*]
- 2004
- S.B.48. Uniform Firearm Laws (Sponsored by Michael G. Waddoups - Passed as S.B. 48 Substitute). Strengthened state-wide preemption.
[/*] - H.B.294. Purchase of Firearms Amendments (Sponsored by James A. Ferrin - Passed). Removed requirement that to purchase a firearm, a non-resident had to be a resident of a continguous state. Removed requirement for a second document showing residence (that was required in addition to a state-issued photo ID).
[/*] - H.B.295. Issuance of Concealed Firearm Permits Amendments (Sponsored by James A. Ferrin - Passed). Simplified the CFP application, reducing amount of information required.[/*]
- S.B.48. Uniform Firearm Laws (Sponsored by Michael G. Waddoups - Passed as S.B. 48 Substitute). Strengthened state-wide preemption.
- 2003
- S.B.103. Concealed Weapon Permit Holder Amendments (Sponsored by Curtis S. Bramble - Passed). Removed 60-day restriction on the validity of concealed firearm permits issued by another state or county.[/*]
- Case No. 20020288. Hansen v. America Online[/*]
- Case No. 20030877. University of Utah v. Shurtleff[/*]
- The United States of America (Federal Government)
- United States Constitution[/*]
- United States Constitution: Bill of Rights (1-10)[/*]
- United States Constitution: Other Amendments (11-27)[/*]
- The Declaration of Independence[/*]
- 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44 - Firearms (GCA - 1968 Gun Control Act with later additions)[/*]
- 18 U.S.C. §921. Definitions[/*]
- 18 U.S.C. §922. Unlawful acts[/*]
- 18 U.S.C. §926A. Interstate transportation of firearms[/*]
- 18 U.S.C. §930. Possession of firearms and dangerous weapons in Federal facilities[/*]
- 26 U.S.C. Chapter 53 - Machine Guns, Destructive Devices, and Certain Other Firearms (NFA - 1934 National Firearms Act with later additions)[/*]
- 15 U.S.C. Chapter 29 (§1241-1245) - Manufacture, Transportation, or Distribution of Switchblade Knives[/*]
- 36CFR2.4 (Guns in National Parks)[/*]
- 50CFR27.42 (Guns in National Wildlife Refuges)[/*]
- 39CFR232.1 (Guns in Post Offices)[/*]
- 14CFR108.11 (Declaring firearms in luggage on airlines)[/*]
- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ET AL. v. HELLER - 26 June 2008 - Ruled that the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual right to keep and bear arms.[/*]
- UNITED STATES v. MILLER et al. - 15 May 1939 - Upheld the ban on sawed-off shotguns.[/*]
- U.S. Senate[/*]
- U.S. House of Representatives[/*]
- Searchable Database of Bills[/*]
- 2005 Congressional Record[/*]
- TSA: Guns & firearmshttp://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm#6[/*]
- TSA: Traveling with Special Items - Firearms & Ammunitionhttp://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/editorial_1666.shtm[/*]
- Delta: Shooting Equipmenthttp://delta.com/traveling_checkin/...agile_bulky/sporting_goods/index.jsp#shooting[/*]
- H.R.3355 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (containing AWB - scroll down and click on TITLE XI--FIREARMS)[/*]
- S.397 - 109th Congress - Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (signed by President Bush, and became Public Law No: 109-92 on 26 October 2005)[/*]
- H.R.1243 - Secure Access to Firearms Enhancement (SAFE) Act of 2005 (national reciprocity for CCW permit-holders -- referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the House Committee on the Judiciary on 10 May 2005 -- no further action)[/*]
- The Right to Keep and Bear Arms Report - Subcommittee On The Constitution of the United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, February 1982 (chaired by Senator Hatch)[/*]
