{"id":650,"date":"2010-09-30T18:09:21","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T00:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leavitt.li.suu.edu\/leavitt\/?p=650"},"modified":"2022-05-05T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T20:33:00","slug":"gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leavitt.li.suu.edu\/leavitt\/?p=650","title":{"rendered":"Gun Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gun Control<\/span> While Governor Leavitt was in office, there was an effort led by a citizen group to more strictly control guns through the legislature, while on the other side of the issue, there was a grass-roots group that wanted to be more liberal on gun control. \u00a0At the time, the National Rifle Association and its affiliate, the Utah Shooting Sports Council, had a strong presence in the legislature as well. Because of this, among Governor Leavitt\u2019s staff, there was talk to try to find a middle ground on gun rights that they could connect themselves to. For some time there was discussion to do something with the issue, to push controls that would be acceptable to the Shooting Sports Counsel and others, but in the end, it was not pursued. In the legislature the grass-roots effort fell on deaf ears, and while there was some serious talk internally, a plan was never developed.<\/p>\n

Additional Information<\/h1>\n

NRA Endorses Leavitt For Governor. The Deseret News. <\/em>September 5, 1992. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19920905a.pdf<\/a> \u201cGun Control\u201d Isn\u2019t a Nasty Phrase in Utah Anymore. The Deseret News. <\/em>September 29, 1993. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19930929.pdf<\/a> S.L. Council Passes Gun-Control Measures. The Deseret News.\u00a0<\/em>October 6, 1993. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19931006.pdf<\/a>\u00a0S.L. Couple Takes Up Fight for Strict Gun-Control Laws. The Deseret News. <\/em>October 16, 1993. <\/em>https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19931016.pdf<\/a> Leavitt Sticks to Gun Law. The Salt Lake Tribune. <\/em>May 24, 1996. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19960524a.pdf<\/a>\u00a0Lawmakers Find New Affinity for Gun Control. The Salt Lake Tribune<\/em>.\u00a0 May 20, 1999. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19990520.pdf<\/a> Angry Delegates Blast Governor Over Gun Control. The Salt Lake Tribune. <\/em>June 6, 1999. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19990606.pdf<\/a>\u00a0Leavitt, Stephens Have Reached Gun-Control Compromise. The Salt Lake Tribune. <\/em>June 27, 1999. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19990627.pdf<\/a>\u00a0Let People Make Gun Control Decision. The Deseret News. <\/em>July 9, 1999. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19990709.pdf<\/a>\u00a0Leavitt Shows Aggressive Side: Governor Speaking Out on Gun Control, Wilds and Internet Taxation.\u00a0The Deseret News. <\/em>October 17, 1999. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19991017.pdf<\/a>\u00a0Leavitt Softens Gun-Control Stand. The Salt Lake Tribune. <\/em>December 17, 1999. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19991217.pdf<\/a>\u00a0Leavitt: Gun-Control Role Unrelated to Stephens. The Salt Lake Tribune. <\/em>December 18, 1999. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19991218a.pdf<\/a>\u00a0Gun Petition Falling Short, Backers Say. The Salt Lake Tribune.<\/em> May 18, 2000. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW20000518a.pdf<\/a>\u00a0Orton, Leavitt Debate Gun Control. The Salt Lake Tribune. <\/em> September 27, 2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gun Control While Governor Leavitt was in office, there was an effort led by a citizen group to more strictly control guns through the legislature, while on the other side of the issue, there was a grass-roots group that wanted to be more liberal on gun control. \u00a0At the time, the National Rifle Association and its affiliate, the Utah Shooting Sports Council, had a strong presence in the legislature as well. Because of this, among Governor Leavitt\u2019s staff, there was talk to try to find a middle ground on gun rights that they could connect themselves to. For some time there was discussion to do something with the issue, to push controls that would be acceptable to the Shooting Sports Counsel and others, but in the end, it was not pursued. In the legislature the grass-roots effort fell on deaf ears, and while there was some serious talk internally, a plan was never developed. Additional Information NRA Endorses Leavitt For Governor. The Deseret News. September 5, 1992. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19920905a.pdf \u201cGun Control\u201d Isn\u2019t a Nasty Phrase in Utah Anymore. The Deseret News. September 29, 1993. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19930929.pdf S.L. Council Passes Gun-Control Measures. The Deseret News.\u00a0October 6, 1993. https:\/\/spcoll.li.suu.edu\/eadfiles\/Xe1kcH8BnM5_0W5sJ69V\/ms122NW19931006.pdf\u00a0S.L. Couple Takes Up Fight for (more…)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-control"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leavitt.li.suu.edu\/leavitt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leavitt.li.suu.edu\/leavitt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leavitt.li.suu.edu\/leavitt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leavitt.li.suu.edu\/leavitt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leavitt.li.suu.edu\/leavitt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=650"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/leavitt.li.suu.edu\/leavitt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4145,"href":"https:\/\/leavitt.li.suu.edu\/leavitt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650\/revisions\/4145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leavitt.li.suu.edu\/leavitt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leavitt.li.suu.edu\/leavitt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leavitt.li.suu.edu\/leavitt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}