Ogden, Utah Permits to Purchase Pistols?

[.308 Norma]

I'm posting this in "General Gun Discussions" instead of "Legal" because I'm not really interested in the real legal aspects. I'm just curious if a person still has to obtain a permit to buy a handgun in Ogden, Utah, or if anyone even remembers that. However, I hope the Mods will move this to "Legal" if they think that's where it belongs.
A little background first: my family moved to Utah for a short while when I was a kid. These permits (which my wife discovered last week while digging through a box of old documents that we “inherited” when my mom passed a couple of years ago) were issued to my dad in 1959 - when I was 11. We moved back to Idaho before I turned 12.
Anyway, I’ve already looked around on-line, and couldn’t find anything about these Ogden, Utah “Permit to Purchase Pistol” documents that were obviously issued to my dad in 1959. So I was wondering if anyone here could tell me something about them.
I had no idea such things ever existed in Ogden, Utah, and I sure didn’t know Dad had a couple of them. I’m pretty sure obtaining a permit from the Chief of Police to buy a “pistol” in Ogden is no longer required, but I could be wrong.
I remember the “pistols” (Colt “Frontier Scout” 22s) well, and I remember when Dad bought them and had an absolutely beautiful set of hand-carved leather holsters and gun belt built for them. The belt has two rows of 22LR cartridge loops, and each holster has a mountain lion carved on it.
Years later, before Dad passed in 2007, he gave the revolvers and holster set to me. And I in-turn gave them to my oldest nephew in 2012. From what I’ve been told, my nephew cherishes the revolvers and holster set as as much as I did.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

When I lived in Ogden in the late eighties I didn't remember any permit for a handgun and I had a handgun.

 

[.308 Norma]

When I lived in Ogden in the late eighties I didn't remember any permit for a handgun and I had a handgun.

Yeah, that's what I figured - things changed sometime after my dad had to get a permit from the Chief of Police in Ogden in 1959. I wonder when they changed, and what the circumstances around that change were.

 

[1KPerDay]

Crazy times! As far as I know that is not required in Ogden, or anywhere in Utah today.

 

[denton]

State firearm preemption law allows cities and counties ONLY the power to prohibit discharge of firearms within the jurisdiction. They no longer have power to require permits, prohibit possession, etc.

It is very cool to see old permits from before state preemption. Thanks for posting! I live just south of Ogden.

 

[.308 Norma]

State firearm preemption law allows cities and counties ONLY the power to prohibit discharge of firearms within the jurisdiction. They no longer have power to require permits, prohibit possession, etc.

It is very cool to see old permits from before state preemption. Thanks for posting! I live just south of Ogden.

Ah, ha! State preemption law, huh? That explains it. Thanks!
Do you happen to know if that store (Kammeyer's Sports) where Dad bought those Colt Frontier Scouts is still in business? I kind of doubt it, but I think it would be cool if the next time we're down that way, I could stop in and show them those two permits.
We're just south of McCammon - about 100 miles north of Ogden. Before Covid, we got down your way quite often. My new Dodge pickup was actually at a Layton dealership when I bought it through a Blackfoot dealership.

 

[Rudolph31]

Hard to believe that the home town of John Moses Browning would require a permit to exercise your rights!

 

[denton]

Ah, ha! State preemption law, huh? That explains it. Thanks!
Do you happen to know if that store (Kammeyer's Sports) where Dad bought those Colt Frontier Scouts is still in business? I kind of doubt it, but I think it would be cool if the next time we're down that way, I could stop in and show them those two permits.
We're just south of McCammon - about 100 miles north of Ogden. Before Covid, we got down your way quite often. My new Dodge pickup was actually at a Layton dealership when I bought it through a Blackfoot dealership.

I've been here for 24 years, and don't recognize that store, so they may be long gone.

I grew up in Rigby, and occasionally make a trip up your way. Been making that trip since the days that the main road went through Downey. But, like you, hanging tight at home for now.

 

[Just Recoil]

way back when my grandfather bought a Colt trooper from kameyer,s. he got a permit from ogden city police in 1969 don,t know the reason why. for the permit not the trooper. kammeyer,s was torn down when they built the mall in downtrown ogden 1980 or so

 

[Frulk]

Last decent LGS in Ogden was Kents Shooters Supply. They closed their door a while back.

 

[.308 Norma]

way back when my grandfather bought a Colt trooper from kameyer,s. he got a permit from ogden city police in 1969 don,t know the reason why. for the permit not the trooper. kammeyer,s was torn down when they built the mall in downtrown ogden 1980 or so

Wow! That's just awesome to learn that, Just Recoil - not that Kammeyer's is gone, but that someone (your grandfather in fact) besides my dad bought a "pistol" from them, and had to get a permit from the Ogden Police to buy it. Thank you for posting that!
BTW, welcome to the forum.

 

[MistWolf]

The owner of Kent's retired and they stopped dealing in firearms. I guess no one wanted to take over that part of the business. It was one of the last of the Old School gun shops.

There are several gun shops in the area, such as Get Some and Impact, but I suppose none are in Ogden proper.

Off topic- there is a leather shop in Ogden that's been doing business for over 100 years. When he sets his tools down for the last time, there's no one to step in and take his place.

 

[denton]

Last decent LGS in Ogden was Kents Shooters Supply. They closed their door a while back.

Kent's was an excellent place. I sorrowed when they closed. One of the owners passed away, the other wanted out, and there was no buyer. Nice folks, and very well informed. In the early days, they were selling milsurp powder from Hodgdon.

 

[ugaarguy]

At it's heart, this is still a legal question, so I've moved it to Legal. If you've come here from the redirect in Handguns General, and don't visit this part of the forum often, please read the sticky at the top of this sub-forum. Legal is moderated more tightly than HGD, and for good reason, so please mind your manners here more than normal.

 

[bearcreek]

I wonder when they changed

1999. https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter10/76-10-S500.html?v=C76-10-S500_1800010118000101