GOP Lawmaker Pushes for Concealed Carry at Utah Jazz Games

Utah state Rep. Candice Pierucci (R) is pushing a bill to allow concealed carry at Utah Jazz and Mammoth home games in Salt Lake City’s Delta Center.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Pierucci also wants concealed carry to be allowed during other events at the Delta Center as well.

She said, “We’re a Second Amendment state and we have a really robust concealed carry permit… The idea would be that if you’re going to accept state dollars, we should at least have a discussion on if you’re going to prohibit someone’s Second Amendment rights while you’re there.”

Pierucci’s legislation, House Bill 452, “Prohibits a private entity that receives a certain amount of public funds from restricting a concealed carry permit holder from carrying a concealed