Today’s Links September 20, 2009

Ban guns in places where kids go: I can believe that the mayor of Seattle is trying to push this. It is clear that any such local ordinance will be against the law.

Today’s Links September 19, 2009

GBR-IV Raises $8243.80 For Valour-IT: Nice work for a good cause.
The DHS color code system is flawed.: Schneier nails the problem right here: “… the codes never became useful. There were never any actions associated with them”
Buckshot for self-defense: Hsoi wrote the post so I didn’t have to.

Today’s Links September 18, 2009

Straight Forward in a crooked world: Do your damn duty!: The author makes a good point that if those who believe in self defense avoid jury duty it makes it could well make those cases harder to win in the long run.
FBI Handgun Wounding Factors and Effectiveness: A nice addendum to the wound ballistics from Maddened Fowl
Murder begins where self-defense ends: Predators do not simply select weak and small. They select those they believe that they can surprise and defeat without risk. This is a key difference. Deterrence happens not simply because a victim might win, but because a victim might pose too much of a problem.
Glock 17 with Thumb Safety: For when your safe-action pistol’s action isn’t safe enough?

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Utah Concealed carry class.

While InSights runs training all over the US, most of our training classes for private citizens are done in the Seattle, Washington area. Getting a Concealed Pistol License in Washington is really quick and easy, but it is only valid in 19 other states (Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia.)

You can get 13 additional states by obtaining a non-resident Utah Concealed pistol license. (Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wyoming.) However, the application process is a little more complicated – especially if you don’t live in Utah.

First you must meet the eligibility requirements:

  • You do need to be at least 21 years old.
  • You cannot have a felony conviction on your record.
  • You can not have been convicted of any crime of violence.
  • You must not have been convicted of any offense involving the use of alcohol or unlawful use of narcotics or controlled substances.
  • No convictions involving any domestic violence.
  • Also you can never been adjudicated in U.S. courts as mentally incompetent, unless that was reversed or withdrawn.
  • You can not have been convicted of any offense that involves moral turpitude.

Then you need to provide or obtain the following:

  • A copy of a valid driver’s license.
  • A passport quality photograph of you for the new permit.
  • A completed fingerprint card prepared by a trained fingerprint technician.
  • A weapons familiarity class taught by a Utah Certified Firearms Instructor

InSights Training Center offers a 4-hour all-inclusive class that fulfills the Utah training requirement mandated by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification (B.C.I.) and gets your application ready to submit to Utah for your Concealed Firearm Permit. All you have to do afterwards is drop it application packet in the mail.

Update: Florida and Colorado have reciprocity with Utah at the time of this writing, but do not honor non-resident permits.

Today’s Links

Maddened Fowl: Another gun blog worth taking a look at.
Senate approves guns in Amtrak checked bags: So the trains are going to get treated like airplanes in this regard? I don’t see the issue.
Guns, how many do you really need?: It’s an interesting question. Probably worth a post here.
SIG516: I think this would be an great home-defense gun, too bad about all of legal hoops you would have to jump through to make that happen.