At least nine states -- Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia -- have passed laws that discourage or prohibit the enforcement of federal gun statutes by state and local agents and officers. A large number of...
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...
By a 84 to 56 vote, the Texas House passed a Constitutional Carry bill on second reading. Eight Democrats voted for the bill and one Republican voted against it. The final vote will take place on Friday. If passed then passed by the state Senate, Texas would be the 21...
You will now be able to carry a concealed handgun from West Virginia to Idaho or from Arizona to Montana without a permit. Iowa became the 19th state. In Iowa, the House vote was 60-37 and in the Senate it passed 31-17. In the House, all the Republicans and one...
After many years with no real change in state laws on open carry, following the move to Constitutional Carry, there has been a significant increase in the number of states that allow open carry without a permit. Just in the last couple of years you have seen changes...
Forty states have laws that prohibit the seizure of guns during emergencies, six states have laws that allow such seizures, and four states and the District of Columbia have no such laws on the books. These laws largely passed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,...
With Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signing HB 102 into law on Thursday, February 18th, 2021, 2021, Montana now allows to open carry, carry concealed without a permit, or carry concealed with a CWP, in a bank, a restaurant with a liquor license, or a bar. Thirty-four...
On Friday, February 12th, Utah's Governor Spencer Cox signed a bill making Constitutional Carry the law in Utah. On Thursday, February 18th, Governor Greg Gianforte's first priority for this legislative session has been signing a Constitutional Carry/eliminating...
CPRC has found that 23 State Capitols officially allow visitors, legislators, employees, or all of the above to carry guns legally. The New Hampshire state House is the most recent place to allow carrying permitted concealed handguns into legislative buildings. By a...