Gun control advocates urge Utah governor to veto bill funding firearms training for teachers

FILE - Christy Belt, Timpanogos Academy fifth-grade teacher, engages in an exercise designed to help teachers make good decisions in critical, high-stress situations such as an active shooter incident during the teacher’s academy training at the Utah County Sheriff’s Office shooting range, June 29, 2019, in Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah. Utah gun control advocates gathered Monday, March 4, 2024, at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City to urge Republican Gov. Spencer Cox to veto a bill providing free tactical training to Utah teachers who want to bring guns to...