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Mar 14 2022
News
Ohio Governor Signs Constitutional Carry Bill
Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) signed a bill making it legal for state residents to carry a gun without first obtaining a state permit. With his signature, Ohio has become the 23rd state in the nation to enact constitutional carry legislation.
Senate Bill 215 allows anyone over 21, and who is legally eligible to own a firearm, to concealed carry. It also removes the requirement that
The Daily Wire
Jun 03 2021
News
‘Constitutional carry’ comes to Texas. The trend in five charts.
When Texas changes its gun laws, the United States takes notice. But “permitless carry” already has been adopted in 19 other states. What are the effects so far?
Soon, most adult Texans will be able to openly carry a handgun in public. No background check or training necessary.
It will be a major expansion in gun rights, one that Texas is uncharacteristically late in arriving at
Christian Science Monitor
Red Blue Translator
Constitution
Jan 05 2022
News
Gov. Brian Kemp Puts Georgia on Track for Constitutional Carry
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) made clear Wednesday that he will work with the House and Senate to secure legislation that would make Georgia the next constitutional carry state in the Union.
Breitbart News noted that Kemp plans to see constitutional carry legislation passed in Georgia by this spring.
Prior to his announcement Kemp released a statement: “I believe the United States
Breitbart News
Jul 25 2018
News
Americans have constitutional right to openly carry firearms, court rules
Americans have a constitutional right to openly carry firearms, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, delivering a major victory to gun rights supporters.
Washington Times
Aug 03 2022
Analysis
Democrats Don't Care Whether Banning 'Assault Weapons' Is Constitutional
A week before the House of Representatives approved a ban on "assault weapons," a federal judge in Denver explained why such laws are unlikely to pass constitutional muster. House Democrats either were not paying attention or did not care, because they view the Second Amendment as an outmoded provision that imposes no meaningful limits on gun control.
Unfortunately for them, the Supreme
Reason
Nov 03 2021
Opinion
When Is a Constitutional Right Not a Right?
If you want to carry a firearm in New York state, you need to convince a local official that you have “proper cause.” That’s easy in some counties but almost impossible in others, including New York City. On Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear arguments in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen about whether this policy is unconstitutional.
New York is one of only six
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)
Jun 23 2022
Headline Roundup
Supreme Court Overturns New York’s Concealed-Carry Handgun Law
The Supreme Court struck down New York’s concealed-carry law for handguns on Thursday, arguing its permit requirements violated a general right to carry a handgun outside of the home for self defense.
The 6-3 ruling, split between the court’s conservative majority and liberal minority, was widely described as “one of the biggest gun rights cases in over a decade.” In a 63-page majority
Associated Press Fact Check
New York Post (News)
SCOTUSblog
Sep 10 2020
Analysis
The Flawed Genius of the Constitution
Why do i love the U.S. Constitution? This instrument formally converted the worth of my great-great-grandfather Sidiphus into three-fifths’ that of a free person. Living in the East Indies as a free man, Sidiphus had been tricked into enslavement—recruited to a Georgia farm just before the Civil War by the promise of a foremanship. Had he managed to escape Georgia and bondage prior to the
The Atlantic
Jun 23 2022
News
Supreme Court protects right to carry guns outside home in pro-Second Amendment ruling
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday a New York state law requiring people to show “proper cause” to carry a firearm ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution.
The 6-3 ruling split the justices down ideological lines, with the court’s three liberal justices saying they would have upheld the law.
The legal battle involved the extent of the Second Amendment right to carry a firearm in the
Washington Times