Mike McDaniel has a post at the American Thinker today that speculates on the idea of Constitutional carry for all Americans?. This is the ultimate goal of all our work since the first "Shall Issue" concealed carry permits were issued. The ability to carry your weapon with you across state lines should be as natural as the ability to drive in another state. This fits perfectly into Congress's Constitutional authority to regularize trade among the several states. Yes, I understand that it is not strictly trade, but truck drivers, for instance, do travel from state to state and often have valuable loads that place them in danger from hijackers. Shouldn't they be able to defend themselves?
McDaniel writes:
Among the most significant advances in upholding the Second Amendment has been the spread of Constitutional Carry (CC). Circa January 2024, 29 states allow CC:
Louisiana and South Carolina have joined 27 other states in recognizing Constitutional Carry. The others on that roll are: Alabama; Alaska; Arizona; Arkansas; Florida; Georgia; Idaho; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Maine; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; New Hampshire; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; West Virginia; and Wyoming.
As a side note, you will not find North Carolina among those states. We had a chance while we had a veto proof majority in the state house, but as usual, Republicans blew it. And you know what I aways say about such states: a state that does not trust its citizens to be armed is not to be trusted.
McDaniel seems to be somewhat hopeful, though not willing to hold his breath. Personally, I am less sanguine about the prospects. Republicans from New York, California, and other anti-gun states will likely not vote for it, which means no national concealed carry for us.
Still, the number of CC states is likely to increase, and the first step of establishing national concealed carry reciprocity might eventually lead to national CC. The devil, as always, will be in the details. And as always, it’s up to informed Americans to stiffen congressional Republican’s spines in this, and much else. Donald Trump’s mandate will have a two-year expiration date unless Republicans can, for once, avoid being the stupid party and stand firm against socialist/communist Democrats and media.
Democrats don’t oppose Second Amendment advances because they’re concerned about public safety. Their coddling of criminals over the last four years has made that plain. They oppose those advances because they don’t want Americans to have too much liberty. Americans might get used to it, and that would be bad indeed for Democrats. It’s time to convince Congressional Republicans failing in that endeavor would be even worse for them.
It would be wonderful to see national reciprocity for those with Concealed Carry permits as a first step before I leave this world. But, as I said of McDaniel, I am not holding my breath.
Free Men don't ask permission to exercise a God-Given Right to self defense. I have been transporting and carrying across state lines for peaceful purposes for several years. Just yesterday, my wife and I made a booze run to MA, and I was carrying concealed. My holstered and concealed firearm harms no one, yet the tyrants that run the state where the American Revolution began over arms confiscation would arrest and imprison me for simply crossing that imaginary line at the state border while armed. Meanwhile, street animals roam Chelsea, Brookline, and Dorchester armed with full auto Glocks and stendos with impunity and the will to use them.
ReplyDeleteGlypto Dropem, your firearm must be defective as it doesn't jump out of your holster and start shooting :-) Obviously not. I agree with you. But the tyrants in states like Mass need to have their ears pinned back, which is what regularizing permits nationwide, as a step toward national Constitutional carry. Otherwise people like you will remain at risk from the government.
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