Utah UPDATE

I emailed the instructor about this issue for my upcomming UTAH permit class to get his take on it. According to him this issue is to be discussed in class and, it will not effect MD as MD does not have reciprocity with Utah. The law says it only applies to states that have reciprocity with Utah. I went back and reread the legislation and it does indeed seem to read that way so the point will be moot for us.

ATTENTION: Utah's changing their out-of-state permit laws

A friend of mine just passed this along to me this morning:

http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/sbillamd/sb0036s01.pdf

The State of UTAH has passed a new law on February 15, 2011 about to be signed by the Governor. The bill changes Section 53-5-704 as it relates to non-residents of Utah being allowed to get Utah permits. Here are the hightlights:
 
(a) if your own State permit does not honor the Utah permit or does not have reciprocity with Utah - you cannot get a Utah permit - period.
 
(b) New UTAH applications received by Utah after May 10, 2011 by NYS pistol permit holders will NOT be accepted.
 
(c) Current UTAH permit holders will be affected by this law when they try to renew their permit anytime after January 1, 2012.



Or, according to (c), I wouldn't waste your money.

For those of us in states with either no permits or no reciprocity, we're screwed out of Utah.  Hopefully Virginia won't get a bug up its ass and change the law.

Aack.

Range report got delayed by a few days.  Forgot to take pictures.  Trying to get it up tonight.

Okay, NOW I'm disgusted.

Way to go, douchebags.

I'd like to mention that I am a patient of Planned Parenthood.  The local clinic serves as my GYN.  I support everything they stand for.  To see this funding possibly ripped from them disgusts me.  My only hope is this bill doesn't get past the Senate.


I stand with Planned Parenthood.

Range visit tonight with the cousin.

Expect a full write-up of the RIA, possibly from both of us.

I have no words...

At least, nothing better than what Kizz has already said here.  And seriously, go read what she has to say.

That the government is even considering cutting funding to Planned Parenthood distresses me...this is the only way for some women to see a GYN.  This is one of the only organizations supporting the idea that women have the right to decide what we do with our own bodies.  How can we let them decide whether we retain this right?

For new gun owners...

In honor of a good friend who recently attained citizenship here in the US (woo, conga rats!), I wanted to share two books worth checking out.

Dirtcrashr has more California-specific info, as well.

A weekend dose of WTF...

Since the internets seem pretty quiet today, I give you something that made me go WTF when I saw it.

1911 - I haz it.

So this followed me home today...

It's a Rock Island Armory Match in .45...yes, I know t needs a good cleaning.  Range report will be up next week - meeting with family on Wednesday to give her a bit of abuse.



Woooooooooooooooooooooo.

Will it catch on?

Far from new, but fairly unknown in the US is the sport of Biathlon. This sport involves cross country skiing and shooting. Participants have to cross country ski around a 10 to 20k course in a number of laps depending on the event and shoot between each lap at 5 targets at a distance of 50m. More details can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biathlon . It sounds very demanding, but also like a lot of fun. Most Americans, like me have only seen glimpses of this sport during the Winter Olympics, but it’s very widely followed in Europe, so much so that the State of Maine thinks it can cash in on tourists from those countries by promoting it, and building world class facilities to host international biathlon matches and other winter sports. http://www.mainewsc.org/about.html . This plan, according to their website is not only to promote winter sports, but to help Maine’s rural communities have an economic engine to support them in their future. The good news is it seems to be working. They are currently hosting the Biathlon World Cup and reports from their website indicate large crowds have turned out for the event. http://www.mainewsc.org/news.html . You can follow the news there or on http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/ for in depth details of the matches. I think this is great news, and gives the shooting community one more thing to attract new shooters or to introduce existing ones to something new and fun.