https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFtWwptXw2M As Governor DeSantis notes, 25 states already have Constitutional Carry laws. From Tampa Bay's WTSP Channel 10: Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Friday by the time he is "done" as leader of the state, Floridians will have a...
Constitutional Carry
Twenty-five states have Constitutional Carry
With the signing of Georgia's Constitutional Carry law at the beginning of April, there are now 25 Constitutional Carry states. Georgia followed Alabama, Indiana, and Ohio. Nebraska is likely to be the five state.
Published Research: Do Right to Carry Laws Still Reduce Violent Crime?
The CPRC has some new research published in Academia Letters. The research finds statistically significant reductions in murder from the adoption of Constitutional Carry laws (see Table 3). ConclusionLate adopting states issue fewer permits than early adopting states,...
Indiana is now the 24th Constitutional Carry State
Today Indiana Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb signed the state's Constitutional Carry/Permitless Carry bill. On Tuesday, March 8th, the Indiana House and Senate sent a Constitutional Carry bill to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb. The House passed the bill on a 68-to-30...
Ohio becomes the 23rd Constitutional Carry State
Ohio today became the 23rd Constitutional Carry state, and with Georgia and Nebraska looking like sure things, there will soon be at least 25 Constitutional Carry states. It appears likely that the governor in Indiana will also sign the bill that passed his state...
Nebraska state Senate has enough votes to overcome a filibuster on Constitutional Carry
The Nebraska state Senate needed 33 votes to overcome a filibuster, so they obtained two more than necessary. There are still two more votes that are necessary before the bill goes to the governor. Last year Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts promised to sign a...
Alabama becomes the 22nd Constitutional Carry State
Vote in the Alabama state House There are now 22 Constitutional Carry states. Very soon with Georgia, Indiana, and Ohio having high probabilities of passing similar laws and possibly Nebraska, the United States is on track for having 25 states. The vote in the Alabama...
Indiana and Ohio send Constitutional Carry Bills to their Governors, Similar bills making progress in Alabama, Georgia, and Nebraska
On Tuesday, March 8th, the Indiana House and Senate sent a Constitutional Carry bill to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb. The House passed the bill on a 68-to-30 vote. The Senate passed the bill by a 30-to-20 margin. Dr. John Lott testified in Indiana on the bill. On...
Responding to GVPedia’s False Claims about Constitutional Carry Laws
Professor Carl Moody and Dr. John Lott have put together a response that Devin Hughes' GVPedia has put together attacking research that Professor Moody did on the impact of Constitutional Carry laws and other writing by Lott. A copy of Hughes' latest claims is...
Ohio moving towards adopting Constitutional Carry, Georgia legislators are likely voting this week
Previously the Ohio state House and Senate had adopted slightly different versions of Constitutional Carry, and for a while, it looked like things were stalled with each wanting the other body to adopt their bill. But now the House is taking up the Senate bill. In...
In the Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star: Constitutional carry, Gun story missed key elements
Dr. John Lott had a letter to the editor that appeared in the Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star that responded to a news article in newspapers around Nebraska about an op-ed that Lott had with Nebraska state Senator Tom Brewer. A Jan. 20 World-Herald article...
Changes in Crime and Killings of Police After Constitutional Carry Adopted
We have previously provided empirical work on the impact of Constitutional Carry Laws (download the paper here, and see particularly Table 4), but sometimes simple graphs that show the year-by-year changes are more convincing. With Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Indiana,...