The Year for Carrying Constitutionally

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If readers haven’t been following the pro-freedom news lately, it’s easy to miss that a number of states have passed a unique, welcome, necessary reform: constitutional carry. One gun rights lobbyist in Iowa announced that this was a hot issue this year, even though an Iowa legislative committee had stalled on its passage. Constitutional carry is carrying a lot of weight this year. Yet still the stigma remains that it’s dangerous, foolish to allow law-abiding citizens to carry a firearm, whether open or concealed, and without having to obtain a permit.

Activists have been firing off these arguments for decades, and they have poisoned the general consensus for a while. When I was a kid, I can still remember one particular joke from a new comic who talked about a city in Alaska—the name of which I do not remember. “In this city, everyone carries a gun on their belt.” The audience starts laughing. “Can you imagine walking down the street, and your neighbor greets you with, 'Hey, how ya doing?'" Then the comedian made the “hold up” gesture with his hand.

“Ha Ha. So funny.” But is it true? Does a reduction in state gun restrictions lead to such, hapless irresponsible conduct?"
The Year for Carrying Constitutionally
 
Why are so many states now seeking to enhance the individual right to keep and bear arms in their response to other states?*
* MA not included.

Consider what has happened in the last two years. Sure, a populist conservative was elected president in 2016 with a determined promise to enhance gun rights.
Serious question: did Trump ever actually make "a determined promise to enhance gun rights?" I don't ever recall one. I recall some wishy-washy statements about it, but no commitment to expanding 2A rights.
 
Come November 1, there will be 16 states with Constitutional Carry laws. Three of them restrict that to residents. It's certainly increased since the start of this Century when only Vermont didn't require a permission slip for carrying a firearm.

The three northern New England states are all CC, but I don't expect it to spread to the other three.
 
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