Utah is weird

• Utah governor declares he will continue his campaign to eminent domain all up in the feds:        About a year ago, Utah legislators passed a bill basically allowing them to reclaim federal land for the state, essentially through eminent domain powers. This may sound pretty ridiculous to both lawyers and non-lawyers, largely because it is, but Governor Herbert, in his state of the state address this month, ramped up the 5th amendment rhetoric, as though there were a chance in Zion...

• Utah <3's guns. The Utah Legislature names an official state gun... a semi-automatic, Browning M1911. This is only made less weird by the fact that the gun's inventor, John M. Browning, was from Utah. 

• The largest bridal show in Utah is held annually at Provo High School, a city 43 miles south of Salt Lake where the population is about 98% LDS. The Wedding catalogs available at the High School hosted show conveniently allow brides-to-be to order both their prom and wedding dresses at the same time.  

• Guns and pets: "... and who better to decide what's reasonable than someone willing to club a collarless cat to death..."

• Utah Rep. Chaffetz & his love for concealed weapons, gets a shout out two days in a row in Doonesbury: