With Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp facing a stiff primary challenge from former U.S. Senator David Perdue, and both Perdue and now Kemp endorsing Constitutional Carry the odds of legislation quickly passing in Georgia has increased dramatically. Because of the May primary...
The constitutional carry bill’s most significant change is to allow people to carry a gun more quickly if need arises. Sheriff’s departments in Alabama try to issue concealed handgun permits within 30 days after someone has met the requirements. If a woman is being...
Here is an op-ed that I wrote with Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward (though you wouldn't know it until you get to the tag line at the end of the piece). It’s always the same predictions of doom and bloodshed from gun-control activists. They warn us of...
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed with Florida State Representative Anthony Sabatini in the Orlando Sentinel and also the Daily Commercial. Gun-control advocates keep making the same predictions of doom and bloodshed from law-abiding citizens having guns for protection. They...
Beto O'Rourke in talking about the Kyle Rittenhouse case: "This entire tragedy makes the case that we should not allow our fellow Americans to own and use weapons that were originally designed for battlefield use. That AR-15, that AK-47, has one single solitary...
With 21 states already enacting Constitutional Carry and the Pennsylvania state senate just voting overwhelmingly a week ago, this week the Ohio House passed their bill by 60-32 vote and the Pennsylvania House passed it 107-92. In Ohio, the vote was along straight...
While Democrat Governor Tom Wolf will veto the bill when it reaches his desk, still on Tuesday, November 9th, the Constitutional Carry bill received the support of all 28 Republicans and one Democrat (Brewster) in the State Senate. The outcome of the governor's race...
With 20 other states with Constitutional Carry, it isn't too surprising that Texas has so far experienced no problems with its new law that has been in effect for a week. As we have seen in other states, at about the six month mark and surely at the one year mark,...
By a 82 to 62 vote in the state House and a 17 to 13 vote in the state Senate, the Texas legislature has sent a Constitutional Carry bill to Governor Greg Abbott, who has promised to sign the bill. The bill being sent to Abbott includes language that prohibits...
Texas is about the 21st state that has Constitutional Carry. Texas House, Senate strike compromise on bill legalizing permitless carry of handguns The agreement advances the legislation even closer to becoming law. Gov. Greg Abbott has said he will sign such a...
U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) have introduced the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. The bill would allow people from Constitutional Carry states to carry concealed handguns as they travel through...
There appears to be a very good chance that there will be at least 22 Constitutional Carry states within the next month or so. While Louisiana's Democratic governor has promised to veto Constitutional Carry, both the state House (73 to 28) and Senate (27 to 11) have...