SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on Utah efforts to stop school shootings (all times local):
1:09 p.m.
A coalition of Utah officials are recommending the state create a waiting period for people wanting to buy guns, require background checks on all firearm sales and make it easier to take guns away from people believed to be a threat.
The 11 recommendations released by the Utah Safe Schools Safety Commission Wednesday were developed in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Commission members said there was disagreement over several of the recommendations.
Many are likely to be controversial in the Republican-controlled Legislature, which has been reluctant to pass gun control bills.
Lawmakers said they would ask Gov. Gary Herbert to call a special session for measures with limited opposition, such as requiring school mental health teams and mandating Utah report background check information to a national database.
Not all recommendations require action by the Legislature.
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11:09 a.m.
Utah lawmakers are planning to reconsider gun control legislation after blocking a previous effort in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting earlier this year.
Republican Rep. Steve Handy told lawmakers Wednesday he was working on a so-called “red flag” bill which would allow police to temporarily confiscate guns from people deemed to be a threat. He said he hoped to present the bill later this year.
Several members of the GOP-controlled Legislature said they were open to considering it.
Lawmakers defeated a similar proposal at the end of their 45-day session in March.
Handy and other members of the Utah School Safety Commission are expected to unveil a full slate of recommendations to prevent school shootings later Wednesday.
Unless they reconvene in a special session, lawmakers wouldn’t vote on a new bill until they reconvene in 2019.












