SCOTUS has spoken. They refused to hear the Peruta case.

But we all know that ain't gonna happen, so things will continue as they are now...

For those not familiar with the situation in Puna re "homeowner fire insurance"... the reason many rural Puna subdivisions now have their own "volunteer fire departments" is because prior to establishing such departments virtually no homeowners could get fire insurance because nearly all those rural homes were "too far" from a fire department station. These volunteer departments meet the insurance company requirements of "near enough" firefighting equipment so they will now issue fire insurance to those within the requisite distance of the "station". The fact that the volunteers need to get a call, get from their homes or location wherever they are when they get the call to the station, suit up, then get the truck to the fire itself, by which time the home will be fully engulfed or beyond... it's the distance that matters to the insurers, not the response time or quality of equipment and/or firefighting training. Gotta love the insurers. They go by the "numbers", even if they pick the wrong numbers to analyze, and thus miss the forest for the trees.

Ok, let's say 3 no good 20 something year olds were stealing stuff from my storage shed which is 75 ft from my house and I went to take video of them for LE.  They see me and threaten to kick my ass.  Do I have to run into my house and have them break in before I can shoot them?  Some areas of my property is more than a hundred yards from my house and although I am still climbing trees for a commercial tree company part time, at age 67, I may not be able to outrun  a 20 year old.  This is a very real scenario in Puna.  Couple of houses on my road got broken into last month. 

I know what I would do.  If there was sufficient distance I would yell, "Stop or I will shoot."  If they are too close I would just shoot.

Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat and ardent gun-control advocate, said he believes any version of a national reciprocity bill would be “dead on arrival” in the Senate, due to strong Democratic opposition.

That concerns me.  It sounds like the just the kind of issue that Trump would make a snap "that sounds like it makes sense" decision on, to thunderous applause.

When I go to the USA Carry reciprocity map and select "Utah - Resident", I count 37 states honoring that permit.  When I select "Utah - Non-Resident", I count 32.  That leaves five states you could be mistaken about.

http://www.usacarry.com/concealed_carry_permit_reciprocity_maps.html

That map is usually right on, though reciprocity agreements change, and rules for honoring certain state's permits can be updated.  Always compare the map to the state's laws online before traveling.

In writing to William Jarvis, Jefferson said, “You seem to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions; a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.”

I have asked everyone, from the governor and the attorney general on down to legislators and police chiefs to provide me with evidence and/or a justification or rationale as to why Hawaii residents would be any less responsible than all the other licensed/permitted concealed and open carriers......... to bear arms for self-defense. Are you surprised that not one single one of them has ever even answered my queries, much less actually provided an answer as to why Hawaii residents are, in their view, incompetent and irresponsible bumbling idiots? But that's what they think of us. That's what they think of you. Nice.