Letter: Legislators who voted down gun restriction bill should be ashamed

HB483, sponsored by Rep. Stephen G. Handy, R-Layton, may not have been perfect, but it was an urgent and essential piece of legislation that needed to be passed now to save lives. Any slight imperfection could have been tweaked in the future. The seven members of the House committee who voted it down should be ashamed and specifically targeted by voters the next time they’re up for election.The excuses offered were dubious. They included the bill coming up late in the session, that those c