On Thursday March 24, 2016, Idaho Governor Butch Otter signed Constitutional Carry into law in Idaho. Idaho had previously only required a permit within city limits, and this bill eliminates that requirement. The bill had been passed by veto proof margins in both...
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West Virginia becomes 11th state with Constitutional Carry
On Saturday, West Virginia's state Senate overrode the Governor Tomblin by a 23 to 11 vote. On Friday, the state House overrode it by 66-34. 18 to 21 year olds will still need a permit, but those over 21 will be able to carry without one. West Virginia is now...
Gun sales soar in Maine ahead of Constitutional Carry being enacted
CPRC has shown the huge increase in the number of concealed handgun permits in the US, rising from 4.6 million in 2007 to 12.8 million earlier this year. One question though is whether people with permits already own guns or whether this represents a change in the...
With Maine, ten states no longer require concealed handgun permits in all or virtually all of the state
Last Wednesday, Maine Gov. Paul LePage signed into law a bill to eliminate the concealed gun permit requirement in Maine. Permit requirements also ended in Kansas and Mississippi on July 1st. That raises the total of states that don't require permits anywhere in the...
Maine set to be the 10th state with Constitutional Carry
After bills passed earlier in the year in Kansas and Mississippi, Maine seems set to follow suit. It will bring the total number of states that allow carrying handguns without a permit to 10. Republican Gov. Paul LePage is set to sign the bill. A copy of the bill...
Kansas and Mississippi set to become 8th and 9th states to allow carrying without a permit
With overwhelming votes in the state House (85-39) and Senate (31-8), a Constitutional Carry bill has been sent to Kansas Governor Brownback who is expected to sign it. In Mississippi, a bill that would allow those who carry a gun "in a purse, handbag, satchel, other...