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> The state doesn’t have extreme risk protection orders (Erpo), known as red-flag laws, which allow people such as police officers and family members to petition a judge to have someone’s firearms temporarily taken away. It is one of 29 states that allows people to carry concealed firearms without a permit. It has a law aiming to get guns out of the hands of people in crisis, but requires people to flag themselves in the federal background check system.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/14/utah-campus-concealed-carry-permit
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Utah campus open-carry rule under fresh scrutiny after Charlie Kirk shooting

HB 128, passed in August, allows people with the proper permit to openly carry firearms on college campuses

The Guardian
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> While permitless carrying may have some effect on deterring offences such as robberies, it is inadequate in the face of grievance and politically driven violence, said Brandon del Pozo, an assistant professor of medicine and health policy at Brown University.
> “The deterrence effect of concealed carry only applies to rational actors. And you get to a point in political extremism where you’re not dealing with rational people,” he said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/14/utah-campus-concealed-carry-permit
#GunDeterrence #PermitlessCarry #RationalActors
Utah campus open-carry rule under fresh scrutiny after Charlie Kirk shooting

HB 128, passed in August, allows people with the proper permit to openly carry firearms on college campuses

The Guardian
Sep 16, 2025 at 1:14amWeb