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Utah House rejects bill to expand firearm-purchase offense for some restricted persons
Summary
The House debated House Bill 178, which would have made arranging a firearm transfer by certain 'category 1' restricted persons a prosecutable offense; after extended questioning about overlap with attempt and conspiracy statutes and concerns about entrapment, the bill failed on a 17–51 vote.
House Bill 178, a measure to expand criminal liability for certain individuals seeking to acquire firearms, failed on the House floor Jan. 21 after a contentious debate and a decisive roll-call vote.
The bill’s sponsor, Representative McCartney, told colleagues the bill would target ‘‘category 1 restricted persons’’ — defined in the bill by reference to violent felony convictions — and would criminalize arranging or facilitating the purchase, transfer or possession of a firearm by…
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