Tag: Permitless Carry

Massie Answers Questions on Permitless Carry Reciprocity and Donald Trump

Rep. Thomas Massie made the news recently when he introduced HR9534, the National Constitutional Carry Act, correctly noting “No one should have to beg the government to exercise a constitutionally protected right anywhere in the country.” [More]

I asked him direct questions and true to form (and unlike most), he answered directly. President Trump really needs to look at why Massie takes the positions he does and realize that’s what it will take to Make America Great Again.

The Hobgoblin of Little Minds

Mayor of Alabama’s capital becomes latest to try to limit GOP ‘permitless carry’ law… According to the ordinance, Montgomery police can confiscate a concealed gun if the gun holder is not also carrying a photo ID. [More]

So naturally:

Reed also is a critic of voter ID laws…

I wonder who his new gun ID law is going to disproportionately disenfranchise…

[Via Jess]

DODGE CITY! BLOOD IN THE STREETS OVER FENDER BENDERS!!!

States with concealed carry laws have not seen an increase in crime rates; many have seen declines in violent crime and homicide rates. [More]

And ditto fot “pemitless carry.”

It’s almost like every meltdown the prohibitonists have is based on a lie…

Inventing Connections

Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, his chief of staff Chip Hill, and Montgomery District Attorney Daryl Bailey blamed the crime wave on the legislature passing permitless carry. [More]

Because as we all know, that made it legal for prohibited persons to carry guns and victimize others.

Show me a gun-grabber who doesn’t rely on stupid people to get elected.

[Via Michael G]

On Guns and Immigration, Alabama Republican Shows Himself to Be ‘Enemy in the Gates’

Republican Rep. Reed Ingram “feels” the state’s 2022 permitless carry law, where “anyone over 19 years old can carry a concealed handgun without a permit, background check or training,” is a “bad bill.” Now “he intends to file a bill that would instead require someone to be 21 to conceal carry. They would also have to pass a hunter safety course or get a permit from the sheriff’s office.” [More]

With Republicans like this jackass, who needs Democrats?

Playing the Percentages

53% of the 21 states with restrictive concealed carry laws have violent crime rates higher than the national average. 55% of states with a violent crime rate below the national average have permitless carry. [More]

And practically 100% of the violent crimes are committed by people who don’t qualify to carry under either scenario and have no business having access to the rest of us.

We’re the Only Ones Prayerful Enough

“I just said a prayer last night that I hope my greatest fears don’t come true, and that’s that South Carolina becomes the Wild, Wild West,” Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told The Post and Courier. [More]

I wonder why the Democrat feels that way.

[Via bondmen]

The ‘C’ Word

The March 5 compromise comes after the House and Senate could not come to agreement on several provisions of the bill… [More]

To paraphrase Bill Clinton, it depends upon what the meaning of the word “infringed” is.

[Via Jesse J]

Tangentially Related UPDATE

I am still holding out hope that a permitless carry bill of some stripe will pass the North Carolina General Assembly this spring. It will need a spending or fiscal component attached to it. We almost had it passed through the House of Representatives at the crossover deadline until opposition from the NRA caused Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) to pull the bill. [More]

Tell us more. Name names.

That Nasty ‘C’ Word

Both the House and the Senate have passed a bill that would enact what is known as “permitless carry” or “constitutional carry” across South Carolina. But their versions of the legislation are different, so they need to settle on a compromise before they can send this bill to the governor. [More]

So someone else mandating a compromise on your entitlement isn’t an infringement?

Name and Shame

The South Carolina State Senate is in the second week of debate regarding a bill that would allow handguns to be carried openly in the state. House bill 3594, known as “Constitutional Carry,” is supported by most Republicans in the General Assembly… [More]

What’s to debate?

And why “most” instead of “all”?

Who are the @$$holes?

[Via Jess]

Dodge City!!!

After Media-Brutalized Gun Freedom Law, Violent Crime Drops In Florida [More]

Just like Ohio.

Didn’t help this poor guy, though.

I see Forbes was one of the guilty DSM parties.

I remember when Steve was trying to con gun owners into thinking he was a pal. NRA, of course, fell for it, but they’ve covered their tracks by deleting their video “Steve Forbes – a New President to Put Forward a PositiveProgram.”

[Via Edmund M]

Correlation/Causation?

Did Loosening Gun Control Cause A Nationwide Drop In Homicides? [More]

I’m not sure this factors into predator decisions on whether a person looks like a victim or not. Let’s be careful with claims. Just because the other side does it doesn’t mean they won’t point and scream when “our side” does…

For now I’ll take “they didn’t go up.”

File this under “Further Study Justified.”

[Via bondmen]

Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing 

H.R. 5767: To prohibit any State that suspends open or concealed firearm carry licenses from receiving Federal financial assistance. [More]

Here’s all you need to know:

Prognosis 1% chance of being enacted

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

This kind of pandering to the base to score political points actually does harm, as it distracts attention from more achievable priorities we should be paying attention to/sharing.

[Via Jess]

Making It Personal

…Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert signed an executive order banning all firearms on city property … This executive action was taken following a move by the city council to strike the previous city ordinances on firearms. This was done to comply with the new statewide preemption law that takes effect on Saturday, along with constitutional carry. [More]

And naturally, “The only exceptions to this order are for law enforcement, contracted security personnel, recreational shotgun use at the Harry A. Koch Trap & Skeet facility, and those granted exemption by the Chief of Police.”

This is why claiming to be a Republican can never be enough.

I guess if hubby couldn’t be trusted with a gun, you can’t, either. Or is it bad form to point that out, even if it looks like she moved on soon enough?

You want to cry foul, cry foul.

I owe no sympathy to someone who demands I obey their terms of surrender or else and put my life and the lives of those I love at risk.

And you’ll note NRA didn’t dare tell you about this.

[Via Jess]

Real Culprit Identified!

White gunman who shot three Black victims legally acquired weapons after Ron DeSantis recently allowed permitless carry [More]

Yeah, I remember how thrilled we all were when Ohio passed a similar law saying “Constitutional carry” meant we could also murder groups we hate after being involuntarily committed and released!

[Via Jess]

Partial Faith and Credit

People shouldn’t lose their National constitutional rights whenever they venture into other states. If you have a … a First Amendment right in one state you should have it in the other state. If you have a Second Amendment right in one state you should have it in the other state because these are these are rights that are enshrined in our national Bill of Rights… and there wasn’t a whole lot of discussion about it but there is brief mention of the Full Faith and Credit Clause. I always thought that that would be a very very good argument going forward for … every state. If you got a license or permit issued by your state, I mean, what is holding these other states back from recognizing these licenses…? [Watch]

What are these “licenses” and “permits” so many ostensibly on “our side” are so ready to legitimize as a good thing?

We’re past that stage. What were once viewed by some as incremental building blocks have turned into undeniable stumbling blocks.

The very term “reciprocity” is unconstitutional, offensive and absurd in the context of rights.

[Via Jess]

Carry On

10 Pro-Gun Americans on Why They Carry in Public [More]

MSN evidently thinks slide show click revenues warrant sidelining its typical anti-gun editorial sentiments now and then. Knowing what those are, I’m just surprised one of the given reasons wasn’t “to compensate for inadequate manhood.”

And pick a side, Ryan Thomas. This playing both sides of the street and then predicting blood in them for the DSM to spread around is unbecoming of someone who says he “believes” in RKBA.

It didn’t happen in Ohio, so stop trying to appeal to people who hate you.

[Via Remarks]

Police Handwringing Over Ohio Permitless Gun Carry A Big Nothing Burger

That’s a version of the old and unfounded-in-reality “blood in the streets/Dodge City over fender benders” argument the gun prohibitionists used when railing against licensed concealed carry. And note his concern was not for “public safety” but for officer safety. [More]

Back the Blue when they don’t back you…?

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