Few Gun Transactions Denied for Mental Illness

Dan Bammes and Dan — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:15:14 +0000

Utah law as well as federal law requires a background check to buy any kind of firearm, and the state can deny a purchase based on a person's history of mental illness. But that happens only rarely. Dwayne Baird with the Utah Department of Public Safety says someone who's been found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity would be ineligible, or others whose history of violence has been certified by a district court.

Utah's New Attorney General Committed to Protecting Schools

Dan Bammes — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:59:54 +0000

Utah's attorney general-elect says he's heartsick about last week's school shooting in Connecticut. John Swallow tells KUER he's committed to doing everything he can to protect kids in schools, short of turning schools into prisons.

Swallow says he's already been talking to officials in other states, working on a plan to get together discuss what they can do to address mass shootings and gun violence. While he says the Constitution needs to be protected, Swallow says they need to take a close look at one area of the law.