Guns.com: Following a campaign by gun rights groups, Utah lawmakers want answers on how state officials bumped up permit costs this month without first going through them.
The Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification increased the cost of an initial concealed firearm permit for residents from $37 to $57, adding a $20 fee to process fingerprint through a state system. Lawmakers last week contend the regulatory agency may have gone too far. more
Usurpation of powers at state levels also. They take their cue from the out of control fed agencies
Because ever since obama, everybody in gov is above the law.
Virginia 15.00 no prints or even swearing in as of 7.1.17. Need certification and that can be online test.
Hey, just finding new ways to support the illegal Hispanic Mormons….
So, the NRA wants the taxpayers of Utah to subsidize the costs of processing gun permits for out-of-state applicants, who comprise the majority of applicants. That will be an interesting discussion in committee. I wish the Legislature was as diligent in overseeing all State agencies, especially Higher Ed.
ACParker, the simple answer, of course, is to get rid of the permits in the first place. Unconstitutional as they are.
The 2nd Amendment, where you need state regulations, approval, permit fees and give away your right to privacy just to exercise your Constitutional right.
And they call it freedom.
Bureaucrat scum is as Bureaucrat scum does.
Sooooooo … you need to pay a fee to exercise a right?
Let’s see – Utah could make negroes pay a fee for enforcing the 13th?
Newspapers must pay a fee to exercise the 1st?
The Mormons must pay fees to practice that religion?
Globaloney Warmists must pay fees to preach that religion?
Utah-ers must pay fees to the cops not to search their persons?
Force criminals to pay fees for speedy and impartial trials?
Pay fees to avert double jeopardy?
Must negroes and iberians pay fees to vote?
Sauce for the goose – and all that …
izlamo delenda est …
See what happens if your state is near CA?
Burner, that may come, eventually, but for now, the reality is that most states require a permit for concealed carry.
The value of Utah’s concealed carry permit is in its recognition by other states. If they were to lower their standards, that recognition would be reduced.
Per @ACParker at 12:58, I hope some of those out-of-staters are checking their local laws as there are several states who only reciprocate if you are a resident of the issuing state among other fine points of residency and reciprocation. Others won’t recognize another state if you are a resident of the non-issuing state, e.g., if you are a FL res, they won’t recognize your Utah license even though they reciprocate with Utah. @Burner has the cure however fanciful it may seem at this juncture.
A FEE. You mean MORE $ for you to do a job you are ALREADY paid to do?
It reminds me of a car dealership that wanted me to put $100 down payment for them to look on their computers to see if another dealership had the exact specifications of a car I wanted, on their lot.
I refused to pay them to do their job. They refused to look w/o a down payment, I walked out and bought a car from another company, then sent them the picture of me with my new car holding the keys.
@Gojira – Burner’s cure is improbable but not at all fanciful. Note that the 1st Amendment starts out “Congress shall make no law…” but the 2nd declares that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed period. To me, that implies that the RTKABA is not to be infringed at all, not by by any pol/govt entity within the Constitutional framework.
State govts and SCOTUS, of course, don’t see it that way, but they’ve been wrong so many times in ways that allow the govt to grow in size and power that this is not surprising. Depressing, but not surprising.
Oops. I seem to be having trouble with HTML tags today. The italics should end with “at all”.
Corona – I hear ya. *See Nevada.
It could be worse. In Communist Oregon CCW is $65 first time and $50 to renew (every 4 years). First timers have to show proof of completion of a state-approved course, and must provide finger prints and undergo a background check. Want to sell your gun, or give it to a family member? Background check required ($25). Still better than California. Or China.
It must be nice to have a legislature that seems to be interested in protecting constitutional rights. That is not true for many of us.
Hold on a second. The Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification?
And this is for registering law abiding citizens?
Fuck you, Utah legislators!
In VA gun shows make a big deal about getting a Utah permit. Could be some good ol’ capitalism going on, to present another thought. Utah non-resident gets lots extra reciprocity in the US.
Permits in VA cannot exceed $50. One can still get whacked for that much. It still needs looking into in Utah.
Forget it Jake, It’s behind the Zion Curtain.