Show For o Against Q Official Ballot Title: Shall Article I Section 0 of the State Constitution be amended to state that the individual right to keep and bear arms for the security and defense of the individual family others property or for other lawful purposes shall not be infringed but the Legislature may define the lawful use of arms Proposition No 5 RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS AMENDMENT Vote cast HOUSE by the members (75 members): SENATE (29 members): Teas Teas the 1984 Legislat Nayb 2(i Nays ure or Absent Absent final passage: or not voting 11 or not voting 2 IMPARTIAL Proposal The Utah Constitution in Article 1 Section guarantee the people the right to bear arm for their security and defense This section alBO give the legislature the authority to regulate the exercise of this right by law The Utah Supreme Court has interpreted thi section to indicate that it gives to the legislature the authority to forbid possession of dangerous weapons by those who are not citizens addicted who have been convicted of crimes who are to drugs or who are mentally incompetent 2d 61 81 874) (Stale e BtmrckirnmP The proposed amendment defines the right to bear arms by adding language which specifies the right as an individual right of the people to keep as well as bear arms The AN ALYSIS The proposed amendment deletes live provision hat allots live legislature to regulate the eserrise o) live righl lo teat arms and instead gives the Jegislat ure lie right to define t lie 'lawful use of arms The changes in this proposed revision would not any 4 the current Itah laws wIikTi forbid the possession 4 dang i as ni weapons to criminals drug addxts or mentally irvcimije-arms now defined in stai ule persons and other illegal use However further legislation concerning 1ie righl to keep and bear arms would be limited to defining the lawful use b airns Effective Date further revision lists the things for which keeping and bearing arms for security and defense may be used These include: (1) self (2) family (8) others (4) property or (5) the state and other lawful purposes The am" idment if appn ved b lie1 vows would ie tier i he beginning January Fiscal Effect any The proposed revision id Article significant fiscal impact Section t will cm have |