A bill named in memory of slain University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey is stuck in a House committee, held up by lawmakers wary of increasing civil liability for people who loan out their guns.
The “Lauren’s Law” legislation sponsored by Rep. Andrew Stoddard would open the way for lawsuits against individuals whose borrowed firearms that are used in a felony. He introduced the proposal after McCluskey was killed in October by a convicted felon who shot her using a borrowed gun.
“This bill does nothing to infringe on a person’s right to bear or carry any gun, but what it does is it encourages smart, responsible gun ownership,” Stoddard, D-Sandy, told his colleagues Wednesday.