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Reclaiming Words from the International Criminal Cartel
Update for 7/24/2023: Under the cloak of big corporations, an International Criminal Cartel (ICC) devised and marketed names, terms, and phrases to dominate every social and political conflict.  The objective: Sell a new language that promotes the cartel's world agenda to an unsuspecting public.  To learn more and take ownership and control of your language, click here.

COSTCO: Are YOU a Card-Carrying Member of this Gun Control Organization?
Alert for 5/4/2020: From turning its facilities into victim disarmament zones to funneling millions-of-dollars to rabid gun-controlling Democrats, the COSTCO Wholesale "family" has embraced the very nightmares that reduced its headquarters city, Seattle, Washington, into a feces-infested, crime-ridden Democrat hell hole.  To learn more, click here.

HB 3009: Forced Vaccinations by Local Tyrants!

Alert for 4/21/2020: House Bill 3009 (HB 3009) is worse than originally exposed.  In addition to leaving current bureaucratic powers of local health departments intact, it creates and expands sweeping new statutory powers that can be exercised by any county or municipal regime.

Under the new term "local orders of constraint," a mayor, or even an unelected city manager, could order Citizens to be forcibly vaccinated, medicated, incarcerated, have their firearms seized, and their other property stolen.

Current statutory religious exemptions, firearms exemptions, or requirements that public hearings and/or judicial review be conducted, would NOT apply.

HB 3009 also empowers local "heath" departments to issue "civil" fines related to these new, sweeping powers, to punish those who refuse to bow down to their unconscionable abuses — again without meaningful due process protections.

HB 3009 represents ACTS OF EXTREME AGGRESSION against the People of Utah, their freedoms, and everything America once stood for.  It manufactures another diabolical mechanism for regimes to strip innocent Citizens of their natural rights to free movement, association, property, health care, and self-defense.

To learn more and take action, click here.

HB 3009: Propelling Utah toward Uncivil War?

Alert for 4/14/2020: Utah's "emergency session" is underway, and your rights are again under attack.  House Bill 3009 (HB 3009) drastically expands powers of local county and municipal tyrants to prohibit Citizens from accessing public places and feeding their families, and to imprison Citizens indefinitely in their homes via "local orders of constraint" (lines 96-123).

HB 3009 also empowers local "heath" departments to issue "civil" fines to those who refuse to bow down to their unconscionable abuses — without meaningful due process protections (lines 351-361).

It is with a view toward peace that UT Gun Rights offers the following sobering, real-world assessment of the growing public sentiment against the tyrannical actions of this corrupt regime.

As each day of "Martial Law Lite" drags on, a quiet segment of Utah is becoming increasingly fed up with the hodge-podge mess of dehumanizing and absurd usurpations of their natural rights.  The threat of passive disruption and even violent civil disobedience is real and will continue to grow exponentially.

To learn more and take action, click here.

HB 271: Elitist GOP Deep State Declares Open Season on Homeless Gun Owners

Alert for 3/9/2020: House Bill 271 (HB 271) was originally listed as a "Good" bill.  It restricted any state or local agency or local government authority/entity from prohibiting firearms or firearm accessories to any extent that is more restrictive than state statute.

Thanks to hostile amendments by gun control zealot Paul Ray ("Republican"), however, HB 271 now empowers these government agents and agencies to prohibit homeless gun owners, and those who visit them, from possessing firearms inside government-controlled homeless shelters.  All possession could be banned without requiring so much as a secure storage locker, or armed personnel to protect them absent their firearms.

Ray's amendments also provide Statute Enforcement Agents (SEAs) immunity from lawsuit or liability for "knowingly" and "willfully" violating the rights of gun owners.  This despicable double-standard should be compared with recently-passed HB 73, which provides jail time for Citizens who "unknowingly" and "unintentionally" "interfere" with SEAs.

The message of betrayal from the corrupt, elitist GOP Deep State is clear: It is open season on Utah gun owners.  SEAs and local officials are encouraged to abuse gun owners and disarm them whenever they wish — starting with those who are the most financially-vulnerable.  To learn more, click here.

SB 62 (Gun Control by Unelected Bureaucrats) Passes State Senate!

Alert for 2/19/2020: Senate Bill 62 (SB 62) reauthorizes numerous "administrative rules" created by unelected bureaucrats (aka "employees") that have the same effect as state statute. These include gun controls and other subversions of your natural rights.  To learn more, click here.

"Guns Save Lives" Event: Feb. 20th at Utah Capitol

Update for 2/14/2020: The following is a public service announcement for an event organized by the Utah Gun Exchange.  Below it are two warnings, a note, and a disclaimer by UT Gun Rights. To learn more, click here.

Utah Gun Owners Protest: Will GOP Politicians Listen?

Update for 2/10/2020: On Saturday, more than a thousand Utahans descended on the capitol to protest the runaway Republican regime that seems determined to defy their rights and will.  To see pictures shared by attendants, and commentary, click here.

"Pro 2A Rally" THIS Saturday (Feb. 8, 2020)

The following is a public service announcement.  Following it is a warning, note, and disclaimer by UT Gun Rights. For more information, click here.

HB 100 (Veteran Disarmament Courts) Passes UNANIMOUSLY through State House!

Alert for 2/3/2020: House Bill 100 (HB 100) radically expands "veterans courts" enacted by SB 214 in 2015.  These Kangaroo Courts mirror Obama-era "drug courts" and their purpose is to disarm Utah veterans. Court dictators (aka "judges") become glorified social workers, who force "collaboration" between prosecution teams, defense counsels, state agencies, and federal agencies.

The ultimate aim of HB 100 is to manipulate veterans, strip them of their rights and dignity, and prohibit them from keeping and bearing arms.  Globalist forces view the ongoing assault against veterans as essential to the final disarmament and destruction of America.

HB 100 just UNANIMOUSLY passed the entire state house and now moves on to the state senate.  Barring a very concerted and immediate effort by Utah's veteran and right-to-keep-and-bear-arms communities, HB 100 will be fast-tracked through the senate by powerful and corrupt special interests.

Read UT Gun Rights' threat briefing by clicking here.

Republicans Give Gun Owners the Middle Finger in Election Year

Alert for 1/14/2020: In preparation for the Jan. 27 general session, UT Gun Rights presents its 2020 Bill Tracking Page: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly.  Abysmally, after review of more than 150 bills, UT Gun Rights has yet to identify a single decent bill worthy of a "good" designation.

Utah Republican statutators (aka "legislators") are poised to turn tail and retreat with hardly a whimper.  They have surrendered the offensive — indeed the entire political battlefield — to a small inner "leadership" cabal comprised of their most corrupt and degenerate members.

This treacherous, backstabbing, criminal cabal coordinates with, and facilitates, the disastrous efforts of effeminate Democrats and other elitists who cry and whine for more gun control.  These violent destroyers of civilization recognize that Utah gun owners will not currently accept door-to-door mass firearm confiscations, and therefore proceed to enact their deadly agenda by a thousand sinister cuts.

To learn more and to access the bill tracking page, click here.

Armed Texas Non-Mormons Stop Shooter: Lessons for Disarmed Mormons*
Alert for 1/6/2020: On Dec. 29, 2019, during services at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement City, Texas, an individual concealing a shotgun opened fire, murdering two church members.  An armed member of the church returned fire and killed the assailant in a matter of critical seconds, and before he could continue the carnage.

What lessons can be learned, especially for Mormons* — in Utah and throughout the world — who were recently commanded, in no uncertain terms, to disarm themselves when attending facilities they paid for?  To learn more, click here.

* "Mormons" are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

IKEA: Importing Cheap Gun Control from Sweden

11/17/19: Beto O'Rourke, the first U.S. presidential candidate to publicly advocate for the violent mass confiscation of firearms from innocent gun owners, isn't alone in his totalitarian views.  Many Utah corporations have turned their facilities into victim disarmament zones, inviting violence against their own customers and employees.  Some have publicly funded radical gun control efforts, and others have advocated gun control publicly.

IKEA is one such corporation, importing "weapon free zones" and United Nations gun control schemes all the way from Sweden to Utah.  To learn more, click here.

Utah governor Gary "Fudd" Herbert Backs Magazine Restrictions
Update for 10/7/2019: Endorsing background checks for BB guns isn't enough for Utah governor Gary Herbert.  He now imagines himself "further along... than a lot of Republicans" by also promoting Draconian firearm magazine restrictions. See and hear his entire Bloomberg's Busy Bees quote and examine his horrendous gun control record by clicking here.

Warning! Utah's "Cannabis" Bill Designed to Entrap Gun Owners
Alert for 9/23/2019: Senate Bill 1002 (Entrap Gun Owners over Cannabis), unanimously passed in last week's "special session", is designed to lure gun owners into participating in a complex and convoluted gun control nightmare.

Rather than protecting gun owners from federal Statute Enforcement Agents (SEAs), or even clearly warning them they must surrender their firearms under federal code in order to participate, SB 1002 introduces language designed to deceive them into falsely believing that state SEAs will respect their rights.  Gun owners who participate in this program will potentially open themselves and their families to unjust harassment, arrest, incarceration, and ruin.  To read this important warning, and learn what you can do about it, click here.

Mormon Corporation President Russell Nelson A-Buzz for Gun Control
Update for 9/2/2019: Gun control commando and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, co-founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns and similar enterprises, enjoys plenty of support amongst Utah's wanna-bee elitists.

For example, Mormon Corporation President Russell Nelson has moved beyond words to put the lives of criminals ahead of the lives of innocents.  To examine his Bloomberg's Busy Bees quote and gun control projects, click here.

2016 Revelations...

UTGR's Affirmative Agenda Shames Utah's Corrupt Regime
Update for 8/22/16: How corrupt and illegitimate is Utah's "pay-to-play" government?  Take a look at UT Gun Rights' Affirmative Agenda by clicking here.

Your right to keep and bear arms can only be safeguarded when government officials and agents are tightly restrained by a framework of clear and ethical policies.  These policies must reinforce meaningful due process for those accused of criminal activity, punish those who abuse power, and foster an attitude of respect toward you.

You may not agree with every proposed policy, but as you ponder them collectively, consider how antagonistic Utah's political environment is toward simple ethics and decency.  As always, your feedback is welcome.

Free Ammo for Voters on Nov. 8
Alert for 11/4/16: Nationwide general elections will be held on November 8th (Tuesday). To assist voters in their efforts, UT Gun Rights has prepared the 2016 Utah Government Corruption Report.  This report assigns state house and senate statutators a rating based upon their political performance.

This report is part of UT Gun Rights' Free Ammo page, which features additional information regarding your right to keep and bear arms, the rampant political corruption infesting Utah, and potential actions you can take to hold officials accountable.

For more information on Utah voting locations, requirements, and other details, click here.

Can Utah Resist the Illegal Alien Invasion?
Alert for 8/24/16: Criminal illegal aliens, the vast majority of whom favor more gun control and candidates more openly devoted to the gun control agenda, continue to pour across Utah's welcoming borders.

Are Utahans helpless to curb the violent crime, disease, voter fraud, and other upheaval they bring in their wake?  Is Utah at the mercy of a depraved federal regime?

Contrary to myths perpetrated by the corporate and political elitists who comprise Utah's spider web-like network of corruption, the state is not powerless.

Your spineless officials could, if sufficiently motivated, take substantive political action to resist and curtail the criminal elements increasingly infesting Utah. For examples, see UT Gun Rights' Affirmative Agenda by clicking here.

Celebrate Gary "BB Gun Background Checks" Herbert's "Excitement"
Alert for 4/26/16: Last Saturday, Republican state delegates voted to send Gary "BB Gun Background Checks" Herbert to a primary election on June 28th. Herbert managed to receive only 45 percent of the vote to relative political newcomer Jonathan Johnson's 55 percent. In the spirit of Herbert's newfound "excitement", feel free to print and continue sharing a flier exposing his public endorsement of background checks for BB guns by clicking here.

2016 Statutory Session Post Mortem
(Alert for 4/8/16): Utah's annual statutory session has ended, Gary "BB Gun Background Checks" Herbert has signed or vetoed bills, and it is time to assess the damage perpetrated against your rights. See the 2016 Bill Tracking Page: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly.

Share the 2016 Utah Government Corruption Report
(Alert for 4/8/16): How did your house and senate statutators and Gary "BB Gun Background Checks" Herbert perform? UT Gun Rights has assembled critical examples from past sessions to assist you in evaluating these officials.  To share it with your friends, family, and other gun owners, click here.

SB 88 (Gun Control by Bureaucrats) Awaiting Final House Vote
(Alert for 3/8/16): Senate Bill 88 reauthorizes numerous "administrative rules" created by bureaucrats (i.e. unelected officials) that have the same effect as state statute.  These include gun controls and other subversions of your natural rights. This bill is particularly significant in that it demonstrates the lackadaisical, lazy, and compliant nature of Utah's supposed "gun rights champions".  Rather than rein in the bureaucrats, they prefer to carte blanche approve their corruption.

SB 88 passed Wayne Niederhauser's senate, passed house bully Greg Hughes' hand-picked operations committee, and awaits a final vote on the house floor.  To read the threat briefing, click here.

HJR 8: Convention to Finish Destroying the U.S. Constitution
(Alert for 2/23/16): House Joint Resolution 8 calls for a convention of the states, with delegates likely apportioned and chosen by the corrupt federal congress.  These delegates could rewrite or abolish the U.S. constitution and its "Bill of Rights" — to include the right to keep and bear arms. Convention decisions could be ratified by whoever — and however — the delegates choose; entirely bypassing the state legislatures if they desire.

HJR passed house bully Greg Hughes' hand-picked committee, and awaits a final vote on the house floor.  To read the threat briefing, click here.

HB 67 (Reduce Penalty for Firearms on Buses) Awaiting Final Senate Vote
(Alert for 2/18/16): HB 67 eliminates the third degree felony penalty for carrying a firearm on a bus without a government concealed carry "permit".  All other open or concealed carry statutory restrictions would still apply. UT Gun Rights supports this bill as a baby step in the right direction.

HB 67 passed the house, senate committee, and awaits a final vote on the senate floor.  To read the bill briefing, click here.

SB 43 (Forcing Gun Control Down Kids' Throats) Flies through Senate
(Alert for 2/16/16): Senate Bill 43 creates a pilot program to indoctrinate 8th grade government school students regarding "firearm safety and violence prevention", which is code for gun control.  The Utah attorney general's office will "collaborate" with the state board of education, both notorious gun control advocates, in unilaterially setting the curriculum and choosing the instructors.

SB 43 flew through the senate and is now in house bully Greg Niederhauser's hand-picked rules committee.  To read the SB 43 threat briefing, click here.

SB 97 (Carry "Unloaded" Firearms Concealed) Killed by Its Own Sponsor
(Alert for 2/11/16): Senate bully Wayne Niederhauser called SB 97 sponsor David Hinkins to a secret meeting.  Hinkins was pressured to abandon his bill and promptly killed it without a fight.  To see a briefing on SB 97, click here.

For more information on Hinkins' surrender, see his Bloomberg's Busy Bees quote by clicking here.

Policy Note: Because of the constant games being played — year after year — with bills like SB 97 that are only a marginal improvement over the status quo, UT Gun Rights will no longer consider permitless carry bills with an "unloaded" requirement to be "Good" bills. 

2016 Bill Tracking Page: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
(Alert for 2/2/16): The annual statutory session is well underway.  To keep up with bills impacting your right to keep and bear arms, click here.

Announcing the 2016 Utah Government Corruption Report
(Alert 1/25/16): Learn how your house and senate statutators, and Executive Monarch Gary "BB Gun Background Checks" Herbert, betrayed you.

This report demonstrates how Utah’s culture of political corruption operates, and how gun owners are played for fools.  Only a highly-informed community can overcome the manipulation, deception, and fraud underlying this “pay-to-play” society. To read the report, click here.

2015 Revelations...

Park City Councilor Liza Simpson Buzzes at Being Forced to End Gun Control
(Update 9/15/15): Gun control commando and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, co-founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, enjoys plenty of support amongst Utah's wanna-bee elitists.

Take Park City councilor Liza Simpson, who was stung that her city must repeal several gun control codes to comply with state statute. Read her remark, and ponder why an out-of-state organization had to do attorney general Sean "Rambo" Reyes' job, by clicking here.

While Herbert Swoons Over Obama & Signs Gun Control Bills, Kansas Enacts Permitless Concealed Carry
(Update 4/6/15): No, this is not a belated April Fools' joke.  On April 2, 2015, Utah's Executive Monarch Gary "BB Guns Background Check" Herbert spent some quality pandering time with notorious abuser of innocent gun owners, federal regime president Barack Obama.  As reported in the previous April 2 update, Herbert also just finished signing gun control and other unethical bills into statute.

Contrast Herbert's pandering to Obama and their shared gun control agenda with Kansas governor Sam Brownback, who, on April 3, 2015, signed SB 45 into statute.  SB 45 ends government attacks against innocent citizens who carry concealed — loaded or unloaded — without a government "permit". To learn more, click here.

Gary "BB Gun" Herbert Signs Gun Control into Statute
(Update for 4/2/15): Executive Monarch Gary "BB Guns Background Check" Herbert has finished signing gun control and other unethical bills into statute, including:

 * SB 214: Veterans Disarmament Courts
* HB 37: Gun Control by Bureaucrats
* SB 176: Reaffirm Government Immunity for Abusing Innocent Utahans
* SB 122: Deny Gun Owners Access to Surplus State Firearms & Ammunition
* HB 79: Flagrant Motorist Harassment
* SB 32: Just Call Your Bribe an "Award"
* SB 228: Reaffirm Executive Monarch's Martial Law Powers

For descriptions and links to these and other Bad Bills that clearly violate UT Gun Rights' Affirmative Agenda, click here.

Bad Bills Flying Through Statutarium
(Alert for 3/12/15): The statutory session ends tonight (Thursday) at Midnight, and there are too many horrible bills to report on them individually.  For descriptions and links to known Bad Bills that clearly violate UT Gun Rights' Affirmative Agenda, click here.

Here are examples of Bad Bills that have been, or likely will be, passed:

* SB 214: Veterans Disarmament Courts

* HB 37: Gun Control by Bureaucrats

* HJR 7: Convention to Finish Destroying the U.S. Constitution

* SB 176: Reaffirm Government Immunity for Abusing Innocent Utahans

* SB 122: Deny Gun Owners Access to Surplus State Firearms & Ammunition

* HB 79: Flagrant Motorist Harassment

Priority Good Bills Being Stalled by House & Senate Bullies
Meanwhile, House Bully Greg Hughes and Senate Bully Wayne Niederhauser, are preventing decent baby-step advances like SB 256 (Carry "Unloaded" Firearms Concealed) and HB 350 (End Victim Disarmament Zones on Buses) from advancing.  To see the status of Good Bills, click here.

What Can You Do?
Frustrated and angry at the manipulation, deception, and fraud infesting this state?  For ideas on holding this regime accountable and in reducing the influence of Utah's spider web-like network of corruption, click here.

Meet the Two Bullies Who Are Stealing Your Rights
(Update for 3/10/15): In the final hours before the 2015 session ends at Midnight this Thursday (March 12), hundreds of bills most statutators have never read, let alone understand, will be passed in drone-like fashion.  Among these bills will be numerous attacks against your natural rights.

This will not happen by accident.  Two men, house speaker Greg Hughes and senate president Wayne Niederhauser, bully the entire statutarium (i.e. "legislature") and run roughshod over your elected officials.  They set the agenda and your statutators obediently follow it.

How can this happen?  Why do your statutators tolerate such an abusive arrangement?  And what can be done to stop it? To learn more, click here.

HJR 7: Convention to Finish Destroying the U.S. Constitution
(Alert for 3/5/15): HJR 7 calls for a convention of the states, with delegates likely chosen by the corrupt federal congress.  These delegates could rewrite or abolish the U.S. constitution and its "Bill of Rights" to include the right to keep and bear arms. Convention decisions could be ratified by whoever — and however — the delegates choose; entirely bypassing the state legislatures if they desire.

HJR 7 passed the house, senate committee, and awaits final senate floor action/votes. For UT Gun Rights' full threat assessment, click here.

Good Bill Alert: SB 256 (Carry "Unloaded" Firearms Concealed) in Committee TOMORROW
(Alert for 3/2/15): SB 256 would "allow" adults (21 or older) to carry concealed firearms in an "unloaded" condition without a government concealed carry "permit".  Adults could possess concealed firearms in this "unloaded" condition in areas currently authorized to concealed carry government "permit" holders only (with the exclusion of any school or university grounds).

SB 256 is scheduled to be heard TOMORROW, March 3 (Tuesday), at 8:18 AM in room 415 of the state capitol by Wayne Niederhauser’s hand-picked senate government operations and political subdivisions committee.  For the meeting agenda and UT Gun Rights' full assessment of the bill, click here.

SB 214: Veteran Disarmament Courts
(Alert for 2/26/15): SB 214 establishes "veterans courts", modeled directly after Soviet-style "drug courts".  These Kangaroo Courts require court dictators (i.e. "judges"), prosecution teams, defense counsels, state agencies, and federal agencies, to closely "collaborate" and "cooperate" as glorified social workers with a political agenda.

As will be demonstrated, the ultimate aim of SB 214 is to further manipulate veterans, strip them of their rights and dignity, and prohibit them from keeping and bearing arms.  SB 214 unanimously passed Wayne Niederhauser's hand-picked committee and awaits senate floor action.  For more information, and to learn what you can do, click here.

Statutator Curtis Oda Collaborates with Gun Control Zealot Gary Herbert
(Update for 2/13/15):  Gun control commando and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, co-founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, enjoys plenty of support amongst Utah's wanna-bee elites.  Take house statutator Curtis Oda, who has decided to collaborate with anti-gun zealot Gary Herbert.  To read Oda's outrageous remarks, click here.

Statutator Fred Cox Confirms Impact of Last Year's Trojan Horse (HB 276)
(Update for 2/10/15): House statutator Fred Cox has just confirmed what UT Gun Rights warned in its recent update, and in alerts last year. Referencing HB 276: "Violence Against Open Carry Gun Owners", Cox wrote in his "2015 Voter Questionnaire":

"What did pass in 2014 was a law to require individuals that do 'Open Carry', to have the firearm in a holster or case."

This is precisely the attack UT Gun Rights outlined.  Unholstered open carry gun owners will now be targeted for violent harassment and arrest.  Other gun owners will be at increased risk of abuse as well.  For more information, click here.

HB 37: Gun Control By Bureaucrats
(Bad Bill Alert for 2/4/15): HB 37 reauthorizes numerous "administrative rules" created by unelected bureaucrats that have the same effect as state statute. These include gun controls and many other subversions of your natural rights.

HB 37 is particularly significant in that it demonstrates the lackadaisical, lazy, and compliant nature of Utah's supposed "gun rights champions".  Rather than rein in the bureaucrats, they prefer to carte blanche approve their corruption.

This bill unanimously passed Monarch Greg Hughes' hand-picked house committee and awaits house floor action/votes.   For more information, and to learn what you can do, click here.

Last Year's Trojan Horse (HB 276) & Lessons for Utah Gun Owners
(Update for 1/26/15): During last year's statutory session, UT Gun Rights warned that HB 276, "Violence Against Open Carry Gun Owners", would put open carry gun owners at significant risk.  Despite objections detailed in the threat briefing, HB 276 passed and was celebrated by various organizations as a "win" for Utah gun owners.  Unfortunately, gun owners were betrayed by these organizations — again.  The 2015 session starts today (January 26), and this article is designed to assist you in detecting future betrayals of your rights.  To read it, click here.

How Would an Ethical Government Operate? See UT Gun Rights' Affirmative Agenda
(Alert for 1/13/15): Your right to keep and bear arms is better safeguarded when government officials and agents are tightly restrained by a framework of clear and ethical policies. These policies must reinforce due process for those accused of criminal activity, punish those who abuse power, and foster an attitude of respect toward you.

Before such a government can exist, these policies must be defined and then promoted. Toward that objective, UT Gun Rights presents its draft Affirmative Agenda for public input.  To read it, click here.

2015 Bill Tracking Page: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
(Alert for 1/6/15): The annual Utah statutory session begins on January 26 at the state capitol.  Most bills remain secret to avoid public scrutiny, but will be revealed in the forthcoming weeks.

To keep up with bills affecting your right to keep and bear arms, click here.

2014 Revelations...

Majority of House & Senate Statutators Have No Opposition!
(Alert for 3/18/14): Many individuals will likely yet declare their candidacy, but as of this alert, 56 out of 104 house and senate statutators face NO OPPOSITION AT ALL.  The candidate filing deadline is THIS THURSDAY (March 20) by 5pm. If you want to cause incumbents political pain, this is one important avenue to consider. To learn more, click here.

March 18th & 20th Caucuses: Opportunity to Participate in Both Parties
(Update for 3/17/14): You can participate in both the Democrat Party and Republican Party caucuses this week.  To learn more, click here.

Bad Bill Alert! HB 276: Violence Against Open Carry Gun Owners Passes House!
(Alert for 3/11/14): Did you (or a friend) strap on a rifle for a rally/hearing, or to sell outside a gun show?  If HB 276 passes, unholstered open carry gun owners will be targeted for violent harassment and arrest.  Other gun owners will be at increased risk of abuse as well. Unfortunately, "gun rights" groups like the Utah Shooting Sports Council (USSC) and the National Rifle Association (NRA) are supporting this gun control bill.  According to USSC's recent public statements, you should base your position on HB 276 solely by trusting their (and supposedly the NRA's) attorneys. HB 276 passed House Monarchess Rebecca Lockhart's hand-picked committee, passed the house final floor vote (54-17-4), and is currently in Senate Monarch's hand-picked rules committee, awaiting senate floor action.  To learn more, click here.

Bad Bill Alert! HB 134 S1: Gun Safe Registration and Anti-Gun Propaganda Distribution
(Alert for 3/6/14):This bill would utilize the government's concealed carry "permit" extortion process to offer perverse financial incentives to businesses that sell gun safes. It would also appropriate tax monies to notoriously anti-gun bureaucracies for dubious "gun safety" programs, and create a de facto gun safe registration program for those who foolishly participate. HB 134 S1 was unanimously approved by House Monarchess Rebecca Lockhart's hand-picked health and human services committee and is currently in the rules committee awaiting potential floor action. To learn more, click here.

Bad Bill Alert! HB 303 S1: Arrest and Jail Innocent Vehicle Drivers
(Alert for 2/27/14): HB 303 S1 grants new police power to profile, molest, arrest, and prosecute innocent drivers if they are suspected of "being impaired to the slightest degree".

Because it would dramatically expand the power of police to forcibly invade the persons and vehicles of gun owners to perform unjustified seizures and arrests, UT Gun Rights considers it a gun rights bill. To learn more about this imminent threat, click here.

Bad Bill Alert! HB 276: Violence Against Open Carry Gun Owners
(Alert for 2/11/14): Did you (or a friend) strap on a rifle for a rally/hearing, or to sell outside a gun show?  If HB 276 passes, unholstered open carry gun owners will be targeted for violent harassment and arrest.  Other gun owners will be at increased risk of abuse as well.  HB 276 is currently hovering in House Monarchess Rebecca Lockhart's hand-picked rules committee.  To learn more about this imminent threat, click here. 

Bad Bill Alert! SB 35: Gun Control By Bureaucrats
(Alert for 2/10/14): SB 35 reauthorizes numerous "administrative rules" created by unelected bureaucrats that have the same effect as state statute. These include gun controls and many other subversions of your natural rights.  This bill unanimously passed the senate (28-0-1) and will be heard TODAY (Monday, Feb. 10, 2014) in House Monarchess Rebecca Lockhart's hand-picked government operations committee, where it is expected to pass and move on toward a final vote in the house.  For more information, click here.

Good Bill Alert! HB 318: Restoring Jury Trials for Innocent Parents
(Alert for 2/10/14): This bill would allow parents, including gun owners, to request and receive a trial by jury prior to having their parental rights terminated. HB 318 is a first step toward restoring justice to Utah's corrupt courtrooms, and in providing substantive due process for innocent gun owners.  HB 318 is still stuck in House Monarchess Rebecca Lockhart's hand-picked rules committee.  To learn why this an important right to keep and bear arms issue, click here.

Good Bill Alert! HB 242: Freedom of Information Protection! (Alert for 2/3/14): Government entities currently abuse a loophole in Utah's Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) to charge exorbitant fees for providing information to the public. HB 242 would begin to limit the games they can play to avoid openness and accountability. For more information, click here.

2014 Bill Tracking Page: The Good, the Bad, & The Ugly! (Alert for 1/28/14): The statutory session began YESTERDAY (Jan. 27), and Monarch Niederhauser and Monarchess Lockhart are already preparing to push forward multiple gun control bills.  To keep up to speed with bills affecting your right to keep and bear arms, click here.

2013 Utah Government Corruption Report! (Alert for 1/21/14): Learn how Utah politicians voted on critical gun rights bills in 2013.  To read the full report, click here.

Monarch Niederhauser Violates Your Senate Statutators! (Alert for 1/16/14): As previously exposed, Utah's statutators (i.e. house and senate members who produce statutes that undermine law) are controlled by two monarchs: senate president Wayne Niederhauser and house speaker Rebecca Lockhart. Thanks to a citizen GRAMA request, Ogden police chief Gary Williams clearly fingers Niederhauser's "leadership" as the senate's center of power.  And the Niederhauser regime is poised to seize more power this session.  To learn more, click here.

Sheriffs' Association President Whines at UT Gun Rights (Alert for 1/2/14): Utah Sheriffs' Association president Jim Tracy emailed to contest UT Gun Rights' alert, "Why Did Utah's Sheriffs Oppose HB 76?" Demonstrating classic politician behavior, Tracy complained, offered to hold a verbal conversation, and then declined to provide written specifics regarding his original objections.  To explore his lamentations, click here.

2013 Revelations...

SLC Catholic Bishop John Wester Makes a Bee-Line for Gun Control! (Update for 12/20/13): John Wester, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, along with his mysterious "we", places the lives of criminals ahead of the lives of innocents. To read his Bloomberg's Busy Bees quote, click here.

Mayor & Police Chief Falsely List City Council in Letter Against HB 76 (Alert for 12/12/13): According to Syracuse City councilman Craig Johnson, mayor Jamie Nagle and police chief Garret Atkin, falsely listed the city council in their now-public letter of opposition to HB 76 S1 (Carry "Unloaded" Firearms Concealed), failed to even notify them of their actions, and opposed the council's intent to uphold the right to keep and bear arms.  How many other city councils were misrepresented? To learn more, click here.

Why Did Utah's Sheriffs Oppose HB 76? (Alert for 11/5/13): According to Terry Keefe, president of the Utah Chiefs of Police Association, the Utah Sheriffs' Association also voted to oppose HB 76 S1 (Carry "Unloaded" Firearms Concealed) in the secretive Law Enforcement Legislative Committee. Thanks to another citizen's GRAMA request, we now reveal Keefe's email exchange.  To uncover their betrayal, click here.

Herbert's New Lt. Governor, Spencer Cox, Is Just Buzzing for Gun Control! (Update for 10/9/13):  Then-representative Spencer Cox was preparing "in case" his secretive gun control vote was made public.  Little did he know that his email to Herbert's lackey would also be made public.  To read his Bloomberg's Busy Bees quote, click here.  

Murray Chief Decries Societal Wolves While Disarming the Sheep (Update for 10/4/13):  Murray police chief Pete Fondaco has a credibility problem that weakens police-citizen relations.  On the one hand, he enjoys the benefits of citizens who pay his salary and allow him to carry a chambered and concealed firearm (again with their money).  On the other hand, he doesn't trust them to carry a concealed firearm unless a fellow bureaucrat authorizes it.  To learn more, click here.

Utah Veteran Challenges Police Chiefs to Debate (Update for 9/10/13): Letters to news editors comprise another means of making your voice heard.  Recently, Cory Green of Bountiful, wrote a letter to the Davis Clipper, citing our recent alert and challenging any police chief to a public debate. To read his letter, click here.

SLC Mayor Ralph Becker Implores Congress to Force Gun Control on Utahns (Update for 9/10/13): Salt Lake City mayor Ralph Becker told the Washington D.C. gun control crowd that he wants congress to enact the kind of gun control most Utahns oppose.  To read his Bloomberg's Busy Bees quote, click here.

Utah Governor Gary Herbert Endorses Background Checks for BB Guns! (Update for 7/16/13): Gun control zealot New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, co-founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, enjoys plenty of support amongst Utah's wanna-bee elites.  Take governor Gary Herbert, for example, who recently endorsed background checks for BB guns.  To read his outrageous quote and hear the audio, click here.

Things Your GRAMA Never Taught You (Update for 7/9/13): Much of the information we've recently revealed is a direct result of citizen GRAMA requests.  Maybe you can help us uncover more dirty political deeds? To learn how you can use this simple and powerful tool to help us expose the discussions and actions of your elected and unelected servants, lobbyists, and special interest groups, click here.

Legislators Hid Behind Herbert's Veto of HB 76 (Alert for 6/25/13):  We've suggested that some legislators only voted for HB 76 S1 (Carry Unloaded Firearms Concealed) with the understanding that governor Herbert would veto it.  Well, don't just take our word for it. Thanks to a citizen GRAMA request, we now present email correspondence between representative Spencer Cox and Mike Mower, governor Herbert's Deputy for Community Outreach.  In it, Cox confirms our analysis.  To learn more, click here.

Courts of InJustice versus Clark Aposhian (Update for 6/17/13):  Here we expose how this Government subverts fair trials and the consequences of this subversion for Clark Aposhian.  Specifically, Aposhian faces a system in which unreasonable seizures occur, the right to Counsel is effectively denied, the right to a public trial by an impartial jury is obstructed, and deprivation of life, liberty, and property may occur without authentic due process of law. To read this update, click here.

Utah Police Chiefs Overwhelmingly Support Gun Control (Alert for 6/3/13):  The saga of betrayal continues.  Police chiefs throughout the state of Utah, many with overt or implied backing of their mayors and city councils, implored governor Herbert to veto HB 76 S1 (Carry Unloaded Firearms Concealed). To learn more, click here.

Why Would the USSC Chair Privately Lobby Against HB 76 S1? (Alert for 5/21/13): A fundamental tactic of the anti-gun lobby is to manufacture false friends for you. Always be apprehensive about those who tell you things you want to hear.  To read a revealing communication between USSC Chair, Clark Aposhian, and governor Herbert's Deputy for Community Outreach, Mike Mower, click here.

How Did Your Legislators Vote on the Veto Override? (Alert for 4/25/13): Thanks to GRAMA requests and persistent follow-up by activist Kenneth Warfield, the secretive polling results have been obtained, and we are able to confirm how each legislator voted on whether to hold a veto override session for HB 76 S1. To see how your legislators voted, click here.

Legislature Fails to Override HB 76 Veto: How Did this Happen? (Alert for 4/19/13): House speaker Rebecca Lockhart and senate president Wayne Niederhauser have conducted their secretive polling on whether to override governor Herbert's veto of HB 76 S1 (Carry Unloaded Firearms Concealed).  According to the Salt Lake Tribune, they did not obtain the two-thirds majority required to do so.  Where did things go wrong?  To learn more and see what you can do, click here.

Word is Spreading on Secret Vote to Kill HB 76 S1 (Alert for 4/6/13): We are encouraged by reports of individuals who have called, emailed, and faxed HB 76 S1 (Carry Unloaded Firearms Concealed) sponsor, rep. John Mathis, to invite him to publicly reveal the legislature's upcoming vote to override governor Herbert's veto.  Other gun-friendly organizations are also alerting their contacts regarding the ongoing political theater and gamesmanship surrounding HB 76 S1.  To see examples and what you can do, click here.

Is HB 76 S1 a Real Effort or a Shell Game? (Alert for 3/25/13): With governor Gary Herbert's veto of HB 76 S1, all eyes are now on the bill's sponsor, representative John Mathis.  Only Mathis can make public the legislature's upcoming vote on whether to hold a veto override session for his bill.  Does Mathis serve you?  Or has his bill been part of an ongoing, manipulative shell game?  To learn what you can do, click here.

Herbert has vetoed HB 76 S1 (Update for 3/22/13): Gary Herbert just vetoed HB 76 S1.  We will offer more commentary and action items soon.  To see a FoxNews article, click here.

HB 76 S1: Will Gary Herbert Foment Grassroots Republicans Against Him Like Mike Leavitt Did? (Alert for 3/21/13): Will Gary Herbert play to his large campaign donors, out of state cronies, powerful economic concerns, and other special interests who revile at the thought of mere serfs and peasants being able to defend themselves without government involvement?  Or will he recall the tumultuous gun control legacy of former governor Mike Leavitt, who had to learn the hard way that angering gun owners is not smart politics?  To learn more, click here.

What Can Activists Do Now? (Update for 3/16/13): Activists are inquiring as to what they can do to advance our right to keep and bear arms now that the legislative session has ended.  To consider our ideas, click here.

HB 268 S1: Attack on Utah's Open Carry!  (Alert for 3/14/13): Did you strap on an AR-15 for a recent rally or hearing?  If HB 268 S1 passes today, you may be harassed and arrested if you attempt to do so again. HB 268 S1, "Disorderly Bill Mess," is an attack on Utah's current open carry protections (as weak as they are), and makes current "disorderly conduct" statutes even less favorable toward gun owners. But don't take our word for it.  To read what the bill sponsor, Paul "Benedict Arnold" Ray, had to say, and to see our threat assessment of HB 268 S1 and appropriate actions you can take, click here.

How Is This Legislature Doing?
"Good Bills" Passed: 1 of 2 total bills
Additional "Good Bills" Likely to Pass: 0

"Bad Bills" Passed: 8 of 11 total bills
Additional "Bad Bills" Likely to Pass: 3

To see assessments of their political carnage, click here.

"Constitutional Carry" Passes Senate! Contact Governor Now! (Alert for 3/13/13): HB 76 S1, "Constitutional Carry," has finally passed the senate, and moves on to outspokenly anti-gun governor Gary Herbert.  To see our assessment and Herbert's contact information, click here.

Gun Control Bills Await Final Senate Vote! (Alert for 3/12/13): The following gun control bills have passed the house and await a final vote on the senate floor:

HB 121, "Legalizing Theft of Firearms," creates a not-so-voluntary program that empowers cohabitants to whimsically turn in other cohabitants' firearms to police — for an unlimited period of time. To see our threat assessment and appropriate actions, click here.

HB 50, "Gun Owner Victimization Act," empowers a court dictator to issue a "dating violence protection order" that, "prohibit[s] the respondent [i.e. accused] from purchasing, using, or possessing a firearm or other weapon specified by the court."  To see our threat assessment and appropriate actions, click here.

HB 256, "Gun Control by Bureaucrats," reauthorizes numerous "administrative rules" created by unelected bureaucrats that have the same effect as state statute.  These include gun controls and many other affronts to your natural rights. To see our threat assessment and appropriate actions, click here.

House Monarchess Publicly Affirms Her Brutal Authority (Update for 3/4/2013): Over these last few weeks, UT Gun Rights has been attempting to describe to you how your "representative" and "senator" serve the will and dictates of a monarch, in the form of the house speaker and senate president.  Some of you may think we were exaggerating.  To consider a recent, brazen display of candor by house speaker Rebecca Lockhart, and our observations, click here.

Pictures of "March for the 2nd" Rally (Update for 3/4/2013): On Saturday, March 2nd, gun rights activists gathered peacefully at the Salt Lake city/county building, and marched up to the state capitol steps to celebrate a "March for the 2nd".  Many again carried battle rifles, assault rifles, and pistols of various calibers — all without incident.  To see pictures of the event, a flier UT Gun Rights volunteers shared with the crowd, and to learn about future events, click here.

Watered Down HB 76 S1 Moves on to Hostile Senate (Alert for 3/13): The original HB 76 "allowed" adults (21 or older) without concealed carry government "permits" to carry "loaded" firearms in public, to include vehicles and school and university grounds.  A weakened substitute bill, HB 76 S1, just passed the house.  Absent credible information against it, UT Gun Rights still supports HB 76 S1, which now faces a publicly-hostile senate monarch, Wayne Niederhauser.  To read our revised assessment and appropriate action items, click here.

Multiple Gun Control Bills Fly Through Both Houses! (Alerts for 2/27): House monarchess Rebecca Lockhart, senate monarch Wayne Niederhauser, and their willing legislative subjects are sending Utah gun owners a message: "You will remain silent at the back of the political bus while we do whatever we want to you."

Meanwhile, the only decent bill we are aware of, HB 76, "Constitutional Carry," languishes for want of a final vote on the house floor.  House monarchess Rebecca Lockhart's house majority leader, Brad Dee, pressed to have HB 76 "circled" (i.e. delayed and no doubt killed).  For more information, click here.

HB 287 S1: Hey, Let's Leave Gun Confiscation up to the Prosecutor! (Alert for 2/26): HB 287 S1 strengthens the ability of government confiscation zealots to seize and confiscate guns from innocent owners, and NEVER return them.  This bill is an outrageous attack on the American tradition that people are innocent until PROVEN guilty by a jury of their peers.  To see our threat assessment and appropriate action, click here.

HB 268 S1: Disorderly Bill Mess (Alert for 2/26): Currently, police have broad statutory latitude to harass gun owners in public situations.  HB 268 S1 makes things worse with regard to disorderly conduct statutes.  To see our threat assessment and appropriate action, click here.

Winter Storm Can't Stop Hundreds on "Day of Resistance" (Update for 2/25): On Saturday, Feb. 23, hundreds of gun rights activists rallied peacefully on the state capitol steps to celebrate a nationwide "Day of Resistance" against tyranny and oppression.  Many carried battle rifles, assault rifles, and pistols of various calibers — all without incident.  To see our new Events Calendar for future events, click here.

HB 317: Phony Protection of Your Concealed Carry Private Information (Update for 2/25): Utah has a shameful record of protecting private information.  Unfortunately, HB 317 is no solution.  To see our assessment of this political theater and deception, click here.

New "Events Calendar Page" (Update for 2/21): We have created an "Events Calendar Page" for you. If you know of an Utah event directly-related to your right to keep and bear arms, please let us know.  Click here.

HB 256: "Gun Control by Bureaucrats" Sweeping through House (Alert for 2/20): Did the Obama regime's recent executive orders targeting your gun rights get you a little upset?  Imagine how upset you would be if congress happily approved Obama's executive orders?  HB 256 does just that by reauthorizing numerous "administrative rules" created by unelected bureaucrats that have the same effect as statute, including gun control.  To see our complete threat assessment and appropriate action you can take, click here.

"Good Bill" HB 76 Finally Gets a House Hearing (Alert for 2/19): The house judiciary committee will consider HB 76 tomorrow, Feb. 20 (Wednesday), at 2 PM at the capitol.  HB 76 appears to provide those who carry concealed without a permit, and those who carry openly, the same exemptions from prosecution that the concealed carry permit currently provides — except with regard to school zones.  To see our bill assessment, the committee meeting agenda, a map to the meeting, and other information, click here.

HB 321: Reaffirming Federal Gun Controls (Alert for 2/19/13): This bill re-enacts current state gun control restrictions against "short barreled" rifles and shotguns, further legitimizes federal gun control statutes, and provides another witness to the legislature's gun control agenda. To see our threat assessment, and appropriate action you can take at, click here.

HB 28 S1 Trespassing Loophole Exposed: University President To Assume the Powers of a Monarch (Alert for 2/15/13): Much diversionary discussion has occurred regarding the allowance for carrying a firearm in 76-8-703(1) to avoid criminal trespass.  While possibly well-intentioned, the gaping loophole for arbitrary abuse of gun owners and others on taxpayer-funded campuses has largely been ignored. For more threat assessment and contact information, click here.

HB 28 S1: Campus Gun Control Bill Heads for Final Senate Vote (Alert for 2/15/13): Gun control fast-tracking continues.  We told you a lot about the house monarchess, Rebecca Lockhart.  Now you're seeing the senate monarch, Wayne Niederhauser, demonstrate his equal commitment to gun control through the brutal authority he exercises.  Niederhauser is rapidly attacking your most fundamental rights; sadly and apparently bolstered with a cheerleading squad consisting of the National Rifle Association (NRA), Utah Shooting Sports Council (USSC), and GoUtah! among others.  We will endeavor to provide further analysis, but given the almost-maniacal pace of this bill, there may be little time to fully respond.  Tell senate monarch Wayne Niederhauser you are tired of him displaying his arrogant contempt for your fundamental rights.  To see our current threat assessment and Niederhauser's contact information, click here.

HB 114: Sending Citizens on a Useless Snipe Hunt (Alert for 2/11/13): Our analysis demonstrates that HB 114 is useless in protecting or advancing citizens' rights, and fails to provide the necessary funding, punishment, or prohibition against state officers who undermine your rights.  The incursions of the federal government are also allowed to continue unabated.  To see HB 114 under our new "Ugly Bills" heading, click here.

HB 121: Legalizing Theft of Firearms (Alert for 2/11/13): This bill legalizes theft by creating a not-so-voluntary program that empowers cohabitants to whimsically turn in other cohabitants' firearms to police for an unlimited period of time.  Other cohabitants may never find out that their firearms were turned in to police.  And anyone accused of having an "ownership interest" in an "illegal" firearm may essentially become an unwilling witness against himself in subsequent criminal prosecutions.  To see our threat, click here.

HB 28 S1: Public Campus Victim Disarmament Zones (Alert for 2/8/13): This is the latest scheme by government university bureaucrats and their gun control allies in the legislature to potentially ban ALL carrying of firearms by students, school employees, and the general public at taxpayer-funded universities.  The House Monarch-ess, Rebecca Lockhart, and her legislative minions have fast-tracked this bill to the house floor for an imminent, final vote.  To see our threat assessment, click here.

Multiple Gun Control Bills Flying Through the House (Alert for 2/7/13): Think the federal regime represents our only problem?  House Monarch-ess Rebecca Lockhart is again rushing her minions to pass multiple gun control bills before citizens can review a flurry of hastily-crafted amendments and substitutes.  HB 28 (Substitute 1), HB 27, and HB 50 are all on the rapid move again and are scheduled for a final house floor vote.  All of them remain gun control bills.  To read our threat assessments of all Bad Bills, click here.

HB 50: Gun Owner Victimization Act (Alert for 2/7/13): This bill would deprive a person of his/her firearms prior to receiving any substantive due process.  No criminal conviction by a jury of your peers is required.  One judge becomes a court dictator, and solely determines whether you can own, use, or possess any firearm.  To see our threat assessment of HB 50, click here.

HB 27: Labelling Gun Owners Terrorists for Refusing to Comply with Illegitimate Orders (Alert for 2/7/13): The proposed language, along with the new penalty, will simply become another tool for overzealous government prosecutors to beat down innocent defendants with numerous, overblown charges for the same accusation.  They know that defendants will be so terrified of the possibility of an astronomically-long prison sentence, they will more readily accept a plea bargain.  Enough of this nonsense.  To see our threat assessment , click here.

HB 28 S1: Penalties for Gun Owners, But NOT Bureaucrats (Alert for 2/7/13): In the limited time we have to react to this fast-tracked bill, here is one obvious problem and demeaning double-standard remaining: This bill specifically gives a penalty for CITIZENS who violate this new statute, but NO penalty is given to BUREAUCRATS and AGENTS who ignore the restriction and harass innocent gun owners.  Once again, gun owners are second-class citizens relegated at the back of the political bus.   To see our threat assesment of HB 28 S1, click here.

HB 114: A Step Forward or a Toothless Distraction? (Update for 2/6/13): The tone of HB 114 sounds great.  It appears from our first investigations, however, that every substantive requirement and means of effectively prosecuting, or defending, this bill has been purposely omitted. We are taking more time to examine this bill before we release our formal assessment of it, and have added it to our "Under Review" tracking section.  We welcome your input at info@utgunrights.com

Gun Resolutions Heard TONIGHT! (Alert for 2/5/13): This just in! Two Highland City resolutions on the right to keep and bear arms will be considered TONIGHT (Tuesday, Feb. 5) at 7pm at the Highland City council chambers, at 5400 West Civic Center Drive, in Highland, Utah. To read the two bold (for Utah) resolutions, click here.

YOU Are Making a Difference (Update for 2/4/13): If you think you are not making a difference, THINK AGAIN. Senator Margaret Dayton publicly pledged to delay SB 120, the bill granting one person, the state forester, near-absolute power to selectively target gun owners for harassment.  To learn more, click here.

Don't Be Fooled!  "Bad Bills" are Still a Threat! (Alert for 2/4/13): You've obviously had an impact.  The fast-tracked "Bad Bills" we reported on have been stalled in the house and senate.  HB 27, HB 28, and SB 120 have all been held or circled to delay their floor votes.  But that doesn't mean they are dead!  Legislators often use these tactics and wait for citizens to forget and go back to sleep.  The pressure needs to continue to kill these bills permanently.  To learn more, click here.

Why Aren't Good Bills Fast-Tracked? (Alert for 2/4/13): Why do legislators only seem to have time and energy to push horrible bills through?  Especially when they could be passing bills like House Bill 76?  This bill essentially eliminates the requirement to obtain a government "license" in order to carry a concealed weapon.  Several states (Alaska, Arizona, Vermont, Wyoming) have done this and others are attempting it.  Carrying your firearm — concealed or openly — is your right, NOT a bureaucrat-sanctioned privilege.  To learn more, click here.

HB 211: Another Divisive & Problematic Gun Bill (Alert for 2/4/13): House Bill 211 would waive concealed carry permit fees for active duty military members and their spouses, ignoring past veterans no longer in "active duty" status, fathers, mothers, and widows of people who have died attempting to serve to others, and countless people who serve the interests of mankind in many other ways and capacities — from the community volunteer and activist to the small businessman to the constant labors of each taxpayer?  To learn more, click here.

Gun Control Bill (HB 28) Flies Through the House (Alert for 1/31/13): The House Monarch-ess, Rebecca Lockhart, is determined to fast-track a gun control bill that will empower her bureaucrat university allies to establish victim disarmament zones.  Learn why gun control bills fly through the house, why Lockhart is responsible, how your "representative" is being played for a fool, and what you can do about it.  To learn more, click here.

"Utah Gun Owners" Takes Stand Against SB 120 (Alert for 1/31/13): Our thanks to Utah Gun Owners (utgo.org and on Facebook) for helping get the word out regarding SB 120, and the games being played by the Senate Monarch, Wayne Niederhauser, against your rights. See their insightful video and write-up at http://utgo.org/urgent-alert-for-utah-gun-owners-stop-sb-120/

Gun Control Bill (SB 120) Flies through Senate Committee (Alert for 1/30/13): Think Utah's politicians are gun-friendly, respectful of appropriate checks-and-balances, and eager for citizen input?  Think again.  This alert covers two "bad bills", and a wimpy "good bill".  To learn more, click here.

Two Gun Control Bills Emerge ("Bad Bills" Alert for 1/28/13): The session begins today, and already there are identifiable threats to your right to keep and bear arms.  HB 27 could be used to punish people who have reasonable cause to "just say no" to illegitimate government actions, and SB 120 would vastly expand the political power of one person, the state forester, with near-absolute power to selectively target gun owners for harassment. To learn more, click here.

"Good Bills, Bad Bills Page" & State Legislative Priorities (Update for 1/27/13): We have created a "2013 Good Bills, Bad Bills Page" to assist citizens in tracking state legislation that may impact your right to keep and bear arms.  We have also selected the five state legislative priorities. To learn more, click here.

SL County Sheriff Jim Winder Employs "The Winder Defense" (Update for 1/23/2013): Yesterday, sheriff Jim Winder clarified the reasons why he did not sign the recent Utah Sheriff's Association letter to president Obama.  To see our response, click here.

Independent Coverage of Saturday's Capitol Rally (Update for 1/20/2013): Click here to see pictures (links to video as well) of Saturday's rally. Click here to see a video of one of the speakers.

Flier for Saturday's Rally (Update for 1/18/2013): Rallies and media attention are an important first step in the fight to protect your rights.  But they won't stop increasing federal and local incursions against your rights. Click here to see a flier we prepared for Saturday's "Guns Across America Rally".  Print copies and share them with your friends.

Attend Saturday's "Guns Across America Rally" (Update for 1/20/2013): The Obama regime's announcement of new "executive orders" and a full-court press on our inalienable rights has many people angered.  Supporters across the nation are gathering at their state capitol buildings on Saturday, January 19.  You have the opportunity to display your support for your right to defend yourself.  Here in Utah, we will be meeting on the south steps of the state capitol from noon to 1pm.  Click here for additional details and discussion on Facebook.

Refuting Gun Control Arguments (Update for 1/14/2013): Former Utah concealed carry instructor and gun enthusiast, Larry Correia, counters common arguments of knee-jerkers who know little about guns and their actual usage in the real world.  Click here.

Learn to Speak Politician (Update for 1/14/2013): Ever wonder what your politician really means when he/she smiles big and spouts some odd response to your valid concerns? This article, published by Accountability Utah, will help you correctly interpret their unique language.  Click here.