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From: James D. Vilos
To:
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 5:23 PM
This is a recent KSL editorial. Hopefully you compatriots will make
their switchboards ring off the wall telling them you'll watch channels
4 and 2 from now on, thank you very much from us "few concealed carry
fanatics."
Speaking Plainly About Guns
Feb. 12, 2004
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.
James D. "Mitch" Vilos
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 1148
Centerville, Utah 84014
Practice Concentrating in Accidents and Personal Injury, Insurance Law,
Medical Malpractice, Defective Products, Workplace Injuries (not
Worker's Compensation), and Firearms Law (representation of gun owners
in criminal actions, and expungements).
From: James D. Vilos
To:
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 5:23 PM
This is a recent KSL editorial. Hopefully you compatriots will make
their switchboards ring off the wall telling them you'll watch channels
4 and 2 from now on, thank you very much from us "few concealed carry
fanatics."
Speaking Plainly About Guns
Feb. 12, 2004
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.
James D. "Mitch" Vilos
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 1148
Centerville, Utah 84014
Practice Concentrating in Accidents and Personal Injury, Insurance Law,
Medical Malpractice, Defective Products, Workplace Injuries (not
Worker's Compensation), and Firearms Law (representation of gun owners
in criminal actions, and expungements).