About a month ago we had a group of concerned firearms owners in studio to talk about Logan’s firearms possession laws conflicting with state law.
Here is a followup e-mail I received from Jared Smith, one of our guests.
Tyler-
I just wanted to follow up on this story. I filed a formal complaint
with the State Attorney General’s Office regarding Logan City’s
blatant disregard of Utah’s Uniform Firearm Laws. Shurtleff’s office
responded to Logan’s Attorney, Kymber Housley by confirming the city’s
conflict with state laws, requiring that local law enforcement be
“required to not to enforce, charge, or otherwise impede citizens” and
urging the city to bring its laws into compliance “as quickly as
practicable”. Despite this strong response, Mr. Housley continues to
indicate that he has no pressing interest in making this right. He has
now said that it is not a priority because only a few citizens have
indicated their concern over the matter and that there is not timeline
or plan to fix these laws in the near future.As such, we are in the process of doing a few things:
- We’re contact other press in the valley, particularly the HJ.
- We’re going to make a (hopefully) strong showing at the city council
meeting next Tuesday and make a statement to the council.
- We’re in the process of contacting a lawyer that may be interested
in pursuing this matter legally.At this point, it seems that the utter disregard by the city for state
laws and for the constitutional rights of it’s citizens can only be
remedied through a big public stink or through legal action. And we’re
obliged to bring forth both to get this issue resolved.Of interest, in the last few months, several other cities have been
contacted about this and many have resolved the issue very quickly.
Layton City, for example, fixed their laws through city council within
2 weeks of being notified.Anyway, we appreciate your hosting us on your program before and would
appreciate any further press you can give this matter.
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