Editor’s note:
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is at risk of self-harm, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24-hour support at 1-800-273-8255.
People at risk of self-harm could put their names on a “no gun” list to stop themselves from buying a firearm in the midst of a mental health crisis, under the provisions of a bill now moving through the Utah Legislature.
Rep. Steve Eliason, R-Sandy, who’s sponsoring the legislation, said the measure “isn’t going to save a lot of lives, but I believe that it will save some lives.” And it has won support from mental health and gun rights advocates alike, both of whom see it as a way to prevent suicide deaths in Utah without involuntarily stripping people of their firearms.
Utah’s "constitutional carry" law in Utah will soon become a thing of the past. How many gun owners will bother to obtain the license and take the firearms safety class since it will no longer required? What happens to that second background check that has accounted for hundreds of revocations and denials each year?
Utah has dropped its gun permit law: Will it be status quo or the Wild West? Dennis Romboy
In an upstairs conference room at his Salt Lake City catering company, Aaron Turner has a Glock 19X 9 mm handgun holstered on his hip as he demonstrates how to oil a pistol to a small group of people.
Several other handguns lay on a table next to him. A list of Utah gun laws illuminate the screen behind him. A question arises about carrying a gun in a grocery store.
Turner, who works as certified firearms instructor as a side gig, explains that a store is private property and if an employee asks a gun holder to leave, the best course of action is to leave.
Monolith appears in Wauwatosa s County Grounds Park
By Kaitlyn Herzog
Monolith appears in Wauwatosa’s County Grounds Park
While these tall, usually metal structures have appeared in desert canyons, California hilltops and even northern Romania, according to Twitter, it seems another has appeared in Wauwatosa s County Grounds Park.
WAUWATOSA, Wis. - Monoliths are having a moment.
While these tall, usually metal structures have appeared in desert canyons, California hilltops and even Romania, it seems another has appeared in Wauwatosa s County Grounds Park.
Wauwatosa monolith
The phenomenon started back in mid-November when a monolith was discovered in a remote area of Utah. A 12-foot structure was taken down days later only after the Utah Bureau of Land Management joked about its origin:
One of Utah’s worst shootings occurred in January in Grantsville.
On the evening of Jan. 17, 2020 around 7:00 p.m., Grantsville police responded to a 911 call at 93 S. Eastmoor Drive in Grantsville.
Upon entering the residence, police found four deceased victims. Police cleared the home and secured it until the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services arrived to investigate the crime scene.
A third party, who went to visit the house unaware of the incident, drove the suspect, identified as Colin Jeffery, CJ, Haynie, 16, and a fifth victim, identified as Colin Haynie, 50, who is CJ Haynie’s father, to Mountain West Medical Center. The third party is also reported to have called 911 on the way to the hospital.