9 states with live Constitutional carry bills..

[Raineman]

I know you like to be positive, and I appreciate that, however in this case, the Senate always kills it. It is an annual tradition for them. Not unlike some annual traditions in MD.

I'm long past trying to be positive about certain things like this, I'm stuck in reality.

 

[Texasgrillchef]

usually it’s one or two people that want to hold up things. Be nice to figure out who , so that we can give them hell.

 

[krucam]

Updated with GA…

 

[press1280]

LA has advanced a bill through their House. If you recall last year it got to the Governor's desk with a veto proof majority and 3 Rhino wobblers changed their vote in the veto session and killed it. AFAIK all the same individuals are still in place so I'm not optimistic this gets through the Senate unless the wobblers got blasted by their constituents last time and see the light.
Also, LA doesn't have state elections until 2023 so the Rhinos are not under the gun until next year.

Louisiana HB37 | 2022 | Regular Session

Summary (2022-06-05) Provides relative to the concealed carrying of firearms (RE1 INCREASE GF EX See Note) [By a vote of 78 yeas, 16 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.]

legiscan.com

 

[Texasgrillchef]

LA has advanced a bill through their House. If you recall last year it got to the Governor's desk with a veto proof majority and 3 Rhino wobblers changed their vote in the veto session and killed it. AFAIK all the same individuals are still in place so I'm not optimistic this gets through the Senate unless the wobblers got blasted by their constituents last time and see the light.
Also, LA doesn't have state elections until 2023 so the Rhinos are not under the gun until next year.

Louisiana HB37 | 2022 | Regular Session

Summary (2022-06-05) Provides relative to the concealed carrying of firearms (RE1 INCREASE GF EX See Note) [By a vote of 78 yeas, 16 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.]

legiscan.com

However the current democrat governor is ineligible to run for office in 2023. So that leaves the seat open for a possible Republican.

The senators will be up for re-election as well.

I don’t see CC carry passing this year or next until the rhinos are replaced and they get a Republican governor.

However PA, has their Gov elections Nov 2022. Their current democrat Gov is also Ineligible To run for re-election. And the leader in the Gov polls is a republican. So good chances cc will pass in 2023. The current Gov vetoed CC last year.

 

[DC-W]

Ohio’s constitutional carry is now effective.

 

[DC-W]

Ohio’s FOP complaining hard about permitless carry and armed school staff.

 

[RoadDawg]

Ohio’s FOP complaining hard about permitless carry and armed school staff.

That FOP is controlled by the politicians within the state LE Community. It does not reflect the opinions and practices of every LEO in that state, nor the entirety of the LE Community Nation wide. Rather, as with any individual FOP Lodge, it is the Lodge Board which chooses the policies they wish to promote.

In fact, nationally, the general LE Community has changed greatly over the years since the days of the AWB.

The One Group That Could Make a Difference on Gun Control

The polarization of policing has made it politically difficult for firearm restrictions to pass.

www.theatlantic.com

But one of the most significant factors preventing gun control on the federal level might be that American police themselves are broadly opposed to restrictions on guns, and they remain one of the only institutions in American life whose influence on conservative voters is significant enough to make any federal gun regulations feasible. Americans trust police, often to a fault, so when they say that new restrictions are unnecessary or won’t work, millions of people believe them. American police, like other institutions, have been affected by the partisan polarization of recent decades, resulting in an already conservative demographic identifying even more strongly with the Republican Party and its opposition to gun control laws. That means their advocacy organizations are less likely to sign onto anything associated with the Democratic Party on the national level.

 

[press1280]

We had 3 permitless/Constitutional bills advance last week:

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Florida

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South Carolina

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Nebraska

 

[press1280]

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SC bill advances to full vote of the House

 

[press1280]

FL Senate has a companion permitless CC bill that is moving forward: https://www.nraila.org/articles/20230217/florida-constitutional-carry-continues-to-advance

 

[adit]

This Sheriff gets it.

 

[jbrown50]

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SC bill advances to full vote of the House

The SC House voted 87-26 to pass House Bill 3594 today.

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Now on to the Senate.

 

[press1280]

The SC House voted 87-26 to pass House Bill 3594 today.

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Now on to the Senate.

The SC Senate is the body that has kept these bills stifled each year. I don't recall if the same players are still in place who desk drawer vetoed the other bills.

 

[jbrown50]

The SC Senate is the body that has kept these bills stifled each year. I don't recall if the same players are still in place who desk drawer vetoed the other bills.

Yes, you're right. So far this session though Law Enforcement namely SLED hasn't expressed opposition to it as they have in the past. Also one of the previous sponsors, Sen. Shane Martin, R-Spartanburg, thinks it's possible to get it done this time around.

Read more at: https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article272570200.html#storylink=cpy

https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article272570200.html

Sen. Shane Martin, R-Spartanburg, who pushed for the Senate to remove permitting requirements two years ago, believes he can get it done this year. “I lost 21-25 last time I tried (to pass permitless carry),” Martin said. “I believe that two votes are different and we should be 23-23 without pressure. We should have enough to get it done,” adding that he’s filed a Senate version of “constitutional carry” but is willing to use the House’s version as a vehicle after reviewing any differences.

Hopefully he's right

 

[jbrown50]

Florida: House Passes Constitutional Carry​

FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2023

Today, the House voted 76-32 to pass House Bill 543, the constitutional carry bill. It will now go to the Senate for further consideration.

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Now waiting on the Senate

 

[Inigoes]

Constitutional carry bill inches towards final vote in Nebraska statehouse

The real suspense over LB 77 isn’t whether or not it has the votes to pass or whether Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen will sign the constitutional carry legislation into law. Instead, with Democrats f...

bearingarms.com

Passed by the legislature in Nebraska, Heading to the Governor's desk

NRA Scores Two Big Gun Rights Wins Within 24 Hours of Nashville Shooting

 

[jbrown50]

Florida: Senate Passes Constitutional Carry​

THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2023

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Today, the Senate voted 27-13 to pass House Bill 543, the constitutional carry bill received from the House last week. With that, Florida has taken another major step towards becoming the 26th constitutional carry state. The bill will now go to Governor Ron DeSantis, who has repeatedly and publicly stated that he will sign a constitutional carry bill into law.

Your NRA would like to thank lead sponsor, Representative Chuck Brannan, and Senate sponsor, Senator Jay Collins, for bringing this important legislation, and Speaker Paul Renner for his exceptional leadership throughout the process.

 

[Blacksmith101]

Looks like a race to the Governors Desk it see which, Nebraska or Florida, will be the 26th and 27th states to pass and enact Constitutional Carry!

History of carry map up to 2022:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Right_to_Carry%2C_timeline.gif

We have come a long way baby!!!

 

[jc1240]

I'm still unclear about these states and the fed gun free school zone act. The last comment I remember (perhaps from fabs) was the fed law makes no exceptions for constitutional carry states with regard to the law's allowance of a gun in a school zone if the person has a carry permit from the same state as the school's location.

Does that mean these states are now 100% "gun free school zones?"