iCarryUtah – Firearms and Utah Concealed Carry

Many of you may be aware that KSL and the Deseret News did a joint job on Concealed Firearm Permits in Utah over the weekend.

Their article can be found here…

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=14880232

The article involved interviews with Steve Gunn and others, and contains an inaccurate statement…

You don’t have to physically handle a gun in class to get the permit though.

While the the official minimum training guidelines from the State Of Utah at http://publicsafety.utah.gov/bci/documents/MTC01032011.pdf do not presently include the hands-on practical exercise, every instructor I know has a hands-on exercise at the end of class where the students demonstrate the safe handling, loading, firing, and unloading procedures for both revolvers and semi-automatic firearms BEFORE the instructor will sign and stamp their application.

It seems that BCI has pulled the mandatory hands-on exercise from the latest guidelines, but I don’t know anyone that doesn’t still employ it.

They apply because no one (except for God) can recall a projectile after the trigger is pulled.  This is why you NEVER ignore them.I just found this on KSL.com

Security guard shoots bathroom floor

March 16th, 2011 @ 12:55pm

By Pat Reavy

 

WEST VALLEY CITY — A security guard at West Valley City’s driver’s license bureau accidentally fired his gun into the bathroom floor Wednesday morning while trying to fix a problem.

 

About 7:30 a.m., a 23-year-old employee from Chapman Security was at the Driver’s License Division, 2780 W. 4700 South, when he noticed the thumb safety on his handgun was not engaged, said West Valley Police Sgt. Mike Powell.

 

The man went into the bathroom to fix the problem, but for an unknown reason kept his finger on the gun’s trigger while attempting to remedy the situation, Powell said. He accidentally fired a shot into the tile floor, he said.

 

No one was injured. Powell said charges would not likely be filed.

First, I don’t buy the story.  He just happened to notice that the thumb safety was off?I suspect that he was playing with the gun while doing his business.  But I can tell you this…It was a NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE because as an armed security officer he was required to undergo training that included the rules of firearm safety.  He has been taught the rules, knew better, and ignored them.  That’s not ACCIDENTAL, that’s NEGLIGENT.Negligence is a legal term.  You hear it in court all the time.  Negligent homocide, negligent vehicular manslaughter, etc.  You don’t want to be there.This is a teachable moment.  Don’t be this guy.