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Yup, Utah had to watch out for their own residents (read: voters) ahead of the interests of non-residents.

With reciprocity lost in several states, and several more states that were considering dropping them, they had to do what they had to do. It's nice that they only required a home state permit in states with reciprocity. The requirement was narrowly-tailored to fix the problem at hand and not do any more harm than necessary.

Personally, if you live in TX, I'd say get a TX CHL. Sure, it's legal to get another state's permit or CHL, but I've seen first hand some of the hassles you can get in when a police officer doesn't know carrying on another state's permit is legal for TX residents. Same for New Mexico. DPS doesn't have a legal leg to stand on to require NM residents to get a NM CHL, but they interpret the law creatively to make hassles for those who do otherwise.

Saving $100-200 can start getting pretty expensive if you get yourself arrested, even if the charges are dropped.