Woman arrested trying to drive into the White House says her fiancé is the president. Herbert says it may be time to raise the legal age for buying assault rifles. Rep. Mia Love says arming teachers may not be the best solution.
Happy Monday. Police say a Tennessee woman attempted to drive her vehicle into a White House barricade last week and yelled out in court during her initial hearing this weekend: “My fiancé is the president.” The woman had what turned out to be a BB gun in her hand but was subdued and arrested with no shots being fired. [WaPost]
Topping the news: Gov. Gary Herbert voiced that it may be time to raise the legal age for purchasing assault rifles and limiting the number of rounds they can fire. [Trib]
-> Utah teachers support additional security in schools, but they find that undergoing firearm training is “absurd.” [Trib]
-> Rep. Mia Love feels that arming teachers may not be the best idea, but Rep. John Curtis may support it. [Trib] [DNews]
-> Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes announced that the House is forming a group to address ways to prevent school shootings. [Trib]
Tweets of the day: From @ConanOBrien: “Trump’s plan to save the environment is to arm the trees with pollution.”
-> From @kashanacauley: “Those who forget history are doomed to argue about it all day long on the internet.”
In other news: If a new bill passes, drug dealers could be charged with homicide in the case of overdose deaths. [Trib]
-> Thanks to a new database from the U.S. Department of Education, investigators are looking into 23 cases of alleged civil rights violations at Utah elementary and high schools. [Trib]
-> A new Rio Grande outreach program would help individuals clear their criminal records, making it easier to find work. [Trib]
-> After the special election that was triggered after Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s resignation, lawmakers are pushing for the ability to call themselves into a special session, authority currently held by only the governor. [Trib]
-> A new bill that received a favorable recommendation from the House Judiciary Committee would help kids who are forced into marriage. [Trib]
-> Another new bill would allow Utah restaurants to remove signs specifying that they are not bars, but bars would still have to explain that they are not restaurants. [Trib]
-> Rep. Mike McKell pulled back from his bill that would define what information between victims and their victim advocates would remain confidential and instead proposed having a task force study the issue further. [Trib]
-> The House unanimously voted to tweak Utah’s new DUI laws after it was found that the law would stop many older immigrants from drinking legal amounts and then driving. [Trib]
-> Following opposition from the transgender community over certain bill provisions and overall bipartisan disagreement, the Senate rejected a bill that would clarify the process through which Utahns could legally change their gender designation. [Trib]
-> In another unanimous vote, the House approved stripping UTA’s ability to determine how to spend sales tax in Weber and Davis counties. [Trib]
-> Lawmakers rejected imposing a fee on disposable grocery bags and instead placed a ban on communities from levying their own fees. [Trib]
-> Pat Bagley depicts Republicans and their ability to serve as the voice of the people. [Trib]
-> Paul Rolly breaks down how the Utah Republican Party could miss out being on the next ballot. [Trib]
-> Frank Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb discuss the ongoing debates on gun control, the death penalty and Mitt Romney’s Senate campaign. [DNews]
Nationally: Democrats officially released a rebuttal memo to counter the Republican memo and claims regarding surveillance abuses. [NYTimes]
-> Sen. Dianne Feinstein did not receive the endorsement of the California Democratic Party as she is running for her fifth term. [WaPost]
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