Utah gov supports stricter concealed gun permits

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Utah gov supports stricter concealed gun permits
September 25th, 2009 @ 10:31am

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he doesn't want his
state to be a national clearinghouse for concealed weapons permits.

In the fiscal year that ended in June, just over 50 percent of the
state's concealed weapons applicants were from outside Utah.

Utah's permit is considered one of the most valuable in the country
because it is accepted in nearly three dozen states.

Herbert told reporters during a taping of his monthly KUED news
conference that will air Friday night he's concerned about the state's
ability to track permit holders outside of Utah.

In Utah, law enforcement officials continually check criminal records
against a list of permit holders, but they don't have the ability to
do the same thing with every other state.

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