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House approves 'defensive display' firearms bill to clarify de-escalation option
Utah House of Representatives · February 5, 2010
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Summary
Lawmakers approved a revision to weapons law allowing a person to verbally or defensively display a firearm as a means to de-escalate threats; sponsors said it clarifies existing law and will reduce the need to point or draw a weapon. The bill passed 63–3 and moves to the Senate.
The Utah House passed legislation clarifying that, in some circumstances, a person may verbally indicate they have a weapon or defensively display a firearm to deter a threat without drawing or pointing the weapon.
Representative Sandstrom, sponsor of the first…
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