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Senate Majority Leader Michael Waddoups recently used what he described as “plain language” to explain his latest impudent effort to amend Utah’s liberal gun law.
As far as the conservative senator from Taylorsville is concerned, only the state legislature can set policy regarding guns on public property, including Utah’s colleges and universities.
May we use equally plain language to express KSL’s view . . . and what repeated public opinion polls suggest is the long-held majority view in this state: Senator Waddoups and his concealed carry cronies could use a good dose of common sense.
Guns, concealed or otherwise, don’t belong on college campuses!
The people charged with running Utah’s schools know what works and what is best for their institutions. The University of Utah, for example, has a 30-year-old gun policy that has helped maintain a safe haven for learning. Would forcing a policy change to allow concealed weapons, in reality, do anything to make the campus safer?
Let’s continue to speak plainly.
KSL is not against the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Guns have a place in American life. In recent years, though, the gun debate in Utah has gotten way out of whack. In plain language, it is time to do what’s best for all Utahns, not merely what will satisfy the narrow-mindedness of a few concealed carry fanatics.
