We had to go strictly to Disorderly Conduct for now. This bill does two things. First, it helps clarify what Disorderly Conduct is. Second, that clarification is inserted into the sections that states that all public subsectors of the state are subject to the statewide preemption and cannot charge for disorderly for the mere presence of a firearm. The original bill went into areas that would cause a lot of opposition. These are best left for the future to get it right. The one area we cannot ever go into is the criminal trespass section.
This is called incrementalism. We take what we can get and work on others later.
I've worked very hard to get us to where we are. Prior to 2006, we were always on the defense, trying to stop bad anti-gun bills. We have been able to take back a bunch over the past 5 years and this year again, we have several bills being presented. But we cannot get it all at once!
Lastly, if you think you can do better, then run for office! I suggest you at least get involved with the Utah Shooting Sports Council. They have been the lobbying strength in Utah.
Curt
PS----- Do not send these to Arent, Litvack or Seelig. They are anti-gun and we don't want to tip them off on strategy or show any disruption amongst our side.