Utah Open Carry Rules and Local Preemption

53-5a-102.2. Open and concealed carry of a firearm outside of an individual's residence. (1) To effectuate the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and Utah Constitution, Article I, Section 6, that prohibit the infringement of the right of the people of Utah to keep and bear arms for security and defense of self, family, others, property, or the state, as well as for other lawful purposes, and consistent with the Legislature's ability to define the lawful use of arms: (a) subject to Subsections (2)(a) and (b), an individual 18 years old or older but younger than 21 years old without a provisional concealed carry permit issued under Section 53-5a-305 and who may otherwise lawfully possess firearms, may only carry in an open manner: (i) an unloaded rifle, shotgun, or muzzle-loading rifle in a vehicle in which the individual is lawfully present; (ii) an unloaded or loaded handgun in a vehicle in which the individual is lawfully present; and (iii) an unloaded firearm that the individual may otherwise lawfully carry: (A) on a public street; or (B) in any other public location not prohibited by, or in accordance with, state statute or federal law; (b) subject to Subsection (2)(b), an individual 21 years old or older who may otherwise lawfully possess firearms, may open or conceal carry, without a conceal carry