{"id":116630,"date":"2026-05-06T15:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=116630"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:55:11","slug":"116630","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=116630","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Fearing Expanding Gun Rights, Anti-Gun Group Creates Absurd Concealed-Carry Policy<\/a><\/p>\n

By\u00a0Lee Williams<\/a><\/p>\n

SAF Investigative Journalism Project<\/p>\n

Times are good and possibly getting even better for those who value guns, gun rights and the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n

The changes brought by President Donald Trump are simply stunning. In just one year we went from an ATF that targeted individual gun owners for imaginary crimes to one that\u2019s focused on arresting real bad guys with illegal guns.<\/p>\n

Constitutional Carry, known by the other side as permitless carry, is growing. Today, 29 states allow law-abiding adults to carry firearms without a state permit, and the number is expected to grow.<\/p>\n

So, it\u2019s understandable that those who want to restrict and subvert the Second Amendment are getting desperate. In fact, they\u2019re willing to try almost anything to restrict access to firearms while President Trump is in office. It\u2019s as if they never even heard of\u00a0New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Enter the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.<\/p>\n

These egg-headed goons want to roll back the clock to the late 1980s. Their just-released\u00a0\u201cPublic Carry Permitting: Model Policy Guide\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is pretty much what some states offered decades ago. It\u2019s laughable\u2014a trip back in time. Nowadays, it\u2019s likely too restrictive for even the bluest of blue states.<\/p>\n

Of course, the Center begins their report with lies\u2014absolute deception\u2014about guns, gun owners and gun rights.<\/p>\n

By citing previous data from their own inaccurate reporting, they specifically target Constitutional Carry. It\u2019s a hard sell, obviously, but they need to make a case for returning to the decades-old permitting system. They even support \u201cmay issue\u201d rather than \u201cshall issue\u201d laws, which\u00a0Bruen<\/em>\u00a0effectively killed.<\/p>\n

Their allegations against Constitutional Carry are incredibly skewed and are not based on data or any hard facts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are several hypotheses for the increase in violence associated with deregulation of public carry. Some scholars have argued that deregulation leads to increased carrying of guns in public places, meaning that interpersonal conflicts may be more likely to turn violent. One 2025 paper sought to examine what factors could be driving increases in violent crime and found that states that deregulated public carry saw large increases in gun theft and decreases in the rate of law enforcement clearance of violent crime,\u201d the report claims.<\/p>\n

Any attempt to subvert the Second Amendment needs a lot more than \u201cseveral hypotheses\u201d and scholarly arguments.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

The model policy recommendations are laughable.<\/p>\n

It advocates for state permits that are obtained through a rigorous application process, which includes in-person visits with law enforcement, fees, fingerprinting requirements, a background check and even more. There are requirements for a written test and a live-fire qualification. The Center states that scores under 80% should fail the written test and 70% or lower fail the live-fire qualification.<\/p>\n

The background check requirements are lengthy: \u201cBackground checks during the public carry permit application process should be comprehensive, including at least NICS indices, NCIC, III, and any available state and local public safety databases that may contain information on disqualifying prohibitions,\u201d the policy states.<\/p>\n

The authors believe permits should be denied for even non-violent misdemeanors discovered during the background check, including a DUI within five years.<\/p>\n

Reciprocity, the model states, should only be granted to other states that are \u201cat least as rigorous\u201d as this policy outlines. Visitors from states without a similar policy would not be allowed to carry.<\/p>\n

Permit renewals are required every five years, but the permit holder must once again take and pass the written test and the qualification course.<\/p>\n

Anyone caught carrying a firearm without a permit should be arrested, the Center claims: \u201cThere should be penalties for carrying a firearm in public without a valid public carry permit, and these penalties should escalate after the first offense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Data from throughout the permitting process should be given to a host of organizations, including anti-gun groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cData like these are crucial for state lawmakers, law enforcement, and researchers. These data will help identify how state laws and practices are affecting violence and whether there are any concerns about implementation related to costs, equity, or administrative burdens,\u201d the policy states.<\/p>\n

Alexander McCourt,\u00a0PhD, JD, MPH, is the main author of this policy. He is well known for his work against guns and gun rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. McCourt serves as Assistant Director of the Center for Law and the Public\u2019s Health and Core Faculty in the Center for Gun Violence Solutions,\u201d his overview states. \u201cMuch of his work has focused on areas of public health law, including firearm policy and violence, opioid policy, transportation policy, and emergency preparedness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. McCourt has written numerous anti-gun reports, including\u00a0The Association Between State Minimum Wage and Firearm Homicides, 2000-2020,\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Variations in State Laws on Mental Health-Related Firearm Prohibition<\/a>, \u00a0State Reporting Requirements for Involuntary Holds, Court-Ordered Guardianship, and the US National Firearm Background Check System<\/a>,\u00a0Doucette et al. Respond to \u201cConcealed-Carry Firearm Policies<\/a>,\u00a0The association between permit-to-purchase laws and shootings by police<\/a>,\u00a0Effects of Comprehensive Background-Check Policies on Firearm Fatalities in 4 States<\/a>,\u00a0Impact of Changes to Concealed-Carry Weapons Laws on Fatal and Nonfatal Violent Crime, 1980-2019<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Officer-Involved Shootings and Concealed Carry Weapons Permitting Laws: Analysis of Gun Violence Archive Data, 2014-2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The last report involving Dr. McCourt\u2019s analysis of data from the Gun Violence Archive is curious. We have written\u00a0dozens of stories<\/a>\u00a0that show how the GVA\u2019s data is made up and extremely unreliable.<\/p>\n

You have to wonder whether Dr. McCourt knew the data he was analyzing was faulty, or whether he even cared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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