{"id":41522,"date":"2015-08-19T20:42:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T00:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=41522"},"modified":"2015-08-19T20:42:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T23:12:41","slug":"utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Utah concealed carry permit holders better hope they didn\u2019t smudge their fingerprints during the background checks.<\/p>\n<p>The state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/2846927-155\/utah-on-path-for-near-record-repeal\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\" title=\"Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has already revoked 399 concealed carry permits <\/a>and nearly 80 percent of those were because of unreadable fingerprints. The new standards puts Utah in line with the FBI\u2019s rule that applicants must request a new permit after two fingerprint rejections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily that the person did anything bad if we\u2019re taking their permit away,\u201d said Jason Chapman, a firearms supervisor with the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification. \u201cWe just couldn\u2019t complete background checks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move has left many former concealed carriers frustrated, but Miriam Walkingshaw, president of Utah Parents Against Gun Violence, lauded the crackdown on fingerprinting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUtah law, in general, when it comes to concealed-carry permits, is already pretty weak,\u201d said Walkingshaw. \u201c[So if someone wants to] carry a loaded weapon in public, we should have a record of their fingerprints.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Normally, if a concealed carrier had unacceptable fingerprints, the state would simply wait until they renewed their permit to reprint, but now the state is cleaning house and pulling permits of anyone who has failed to resubmit their prints within one year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe go the extra step to make sure this permit and anyone holding it has gone through very consistent, very in-depth background checks,\u201d said Clark Aposhian, a gun lobbyist and member of the Bureau of Criminal Identification\u2019s concealed-carry board.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what prompted Utah to tighten the regulations surrounding fingerprinting, but if they keep pulling concealed carry permits at this rate, the whole the state could become a gun-free zone.<\/p>\n<p>(<em>This article was a submission from freelance writer Brent Rogers<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah concealed carry permit holders better hope they didn\u2019t smudge their fingerprints during the background checks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":41523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,326,25,240],"tags":[132,127,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-brent","10":"category-current-events","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-concealed-carry","14":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Utah concealed carry permit holders better hope they didn\u2019t smudge their fingerprints during the background checks.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Utah concealed carry permit holders better hope they didn\u2019t smudge their fingerprints during the background checks.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-20T00:42:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-18T23:12:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Utah-Yanks-Concealed-Carry-Permits.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. Blannelberry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"S.H. Blannelberry\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"S.H. Blannelberry\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9c0e3aec459f0bf4d28e46e0e1a70f43\"},\"headline\":\"Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-20T00:42:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-18T23:12:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":287,\"commentCount\":8,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/Utah-Yanks-Concealed-Carry-Permits.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Buzz\",\"Concealed Carry\",\"R2KBA\"],\"articleSection\":[\"2nd Amendment - R2KBA\",\"Authors\",\"Brent McCluskey\",\"Current Events\",\"This Week\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\\\/\",\"name\":\"Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/Utah-Yanks-Concealed-Carry-Permits.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-20T00:42:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-18T23:12:41+00:00\",\"description\":\"Utah concealed carry permit holders better hope they didn\u2019t smudge their fingerprints during the background checks.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/Utah-Yanks-Concealed-Carry-Permits.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/Utah-Yanks-Concealed-Carry-Permits.jpeg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\\\/Digest\",\"description\":\"Gun Reviews, Industry News, and Product Reviews for Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers, Shotguns, Optics, and Ammunition. Looking to purchase a firearm online? Look no further than GunsAmerica.com, America&#039;s premier destination for buying and selling firearms.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GunsAmerica\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image-3.png\",\"width\":286,\"height\":156,\"caption\":\"GunsAmerica\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/gunsamerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/gunsamerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/gunsamerica_official\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/GunsAmerica\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9c0e3aec459f0bf4d28e46e0e1a70f43\",\"name\":\"S.H. Blannelberry\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/17ee0cd99d23f7338baedef3646555aaf82e63bac8ea620b131b9a41a922b0cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/17ee0cd99d23f7338baedef3646555aaf82e63bac8ea620b131b9a41a922b0cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/17ee0cd99d23f7338baedef3646555aaf82e63bac8ea620b131b9a41a922b0cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"S.H. Blannelberry\"},\"description\":\"is the News Editor of GunsAmerica.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/author\\\/patrick-pietrzak\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints","description":"Utah concealed carry permit holders better hope they didn\u2019t smudge their fingerprints during the background checks.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints","og_description":"Utah concealed carry permit holders better hope they didn\u2019t smudge their fingerprints during the background checks.","og_url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/","og_site_name":"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica","article_published_time":"2015-08-20T00:42:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-18T23:12:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Utah-Yanks-Concealed-Carry-Permits.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"S.H. Blannelberry","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gunsamerica","twitter_site":"@gunsamerica","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"S.H. Blannelberry","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/"},"author":{"name":"S.H. Blannelberry","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/person\/9c0e3aec459f0bf4d28e46e0e1a70f43"},"headline":"Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints","datePublished":"2015-08-20T00:42:23+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-18T23:12:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/"},"wordCount":287,"commentCount":8,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Utah-Yanks-Concealed-Carry-Permits.jpeg","keywords":["Buzz","Concealed Carry","R2KBA"],"articleSection":["2nd Amendment - R2KBA","Authors","Brent McCluskey","Current Events","This Week"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/","name":"Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Utah-Yanks-Concealed-Carry-Permits.jpeg","datePublished":"2015-08-20T00:42:23+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-18T23:12:41+00:00","description":"Utah concealed carry permit holders better hope they didn\u2019t smudge their fingerprints during the background checks.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Utah-Yanks-Concealed-Carry-Permits.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Utah-Yanks-Concealed-Carry-Permits.jpeg","width":600,"height":400,"caption":"Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/utah-yanks-concealed-carry-permits-because-of-unreadable-fingerprints\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Utah Yanks Concealed Carry Permits Because Of Unreadable Fingerprints"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/","name":"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest","description":"Gun Reviews, Industry News, and Product Reviews for Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers, Shotguns, Optics, and Ammunition. Looking to purchase a firearm online? Look no further than GunsAmerica.com, America&#039;s premier destination for buying and selling firearms.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization","name":"GunsAmerica","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png","width":286,"height":156,"caption":"GunsAmerica"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica","https:\/\/x.com\/gunsamerica","https:\/\/instagram.com\/gunsamerica_official\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GunsAmerica"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/person\/9c0e3aec459f0bf4d28e46e0e1a70f43","name":"S.H. Blannelberry","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17ee0cd99d23f7338baedef3646555aaf82e63bac8ea620b131b9a41a922b0cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17ee0cd99d23f7338baedef3646555aaf82e63bac8ea620b131b9a41a922b0cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17ee0cd99d23f7338baedef3646555aaf82e63bac8ea620b131b9a41a922b0cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"S.H. Blannelberry"},"description":"is the News Editor of GunsAmerica.","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/author\/patrick-pietrzak\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Utah-Yanks-Concealed-Carry-Permits-150x100.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180764,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41522\/revisions\/180764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41522"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=41522"},{"taxonomy":"hunt365","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hunt365?post=41522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}