{"id":79221,"date":"2022-03-26T18:40:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T23:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=79221"},"modified":"2022-03-27T02:29:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T07:29:51","slug":"79221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=79221","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/the-spread-of-constitutional-carry-has-dealt-the-moms-and-everytown-their-biggest-l-yet\/\">The Spread of Constitutional Carry Has Dealt the Moms and Everytown Their Biggest \u2018L\u2019 Yet.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A little over a year ago, I wrote about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/constitutional-carry-taking-off-in-2021-but-still-needs-our-help\/\">the amazing progress constitutional carry had made,\u00a0<\/a>though not without a number of failed efforts. The total at the time was 18 states, something that seemed unimaginable just a few years earlier. It wasn\u2019t long ago that there were still fights to move no-issue states into the may-issue column, and may-issue states to shall-issue. No-issue is now ostensibly down to just\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/hawaii-rifle-association-and-nra-sue-over-hawaiis-de-facto-concealed-carry-permit-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a single state<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, in the not-so-olden days, being able to carry, even with a permit, was a fight. Now an amazing amount of headway has been. With\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/indiana-joins-the-club-governor-holcomb-signs-constitutional-carry-into-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana\u2019s governor<\/a>\u00a0signing constitutional carry into law this week, we\u2019re up to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freerangeamerican.us\/indiana-constitutional-carry-ohio-alabama\/#:~:text=UPDATE%20%E2%80%93%20March%2022%2C%202022%3A,receiving%20permission%20from%20the%20state.\">24 states<\/a>, making constitutional carry the most common model in the United States (it now far outnumbers shall-issue, may-issue, and no carry).<\/p>\n<p>About this time last year, though, things didn\u2019t quite look as optimistic. Yes, a few states, including \u201cbetter late than never\u201d Texas, had barely passed permitless carry laws. But Michael Bloomberg\u2019s Everytown civilian disarmament subsidiary was only too happy to gloat about defeating constitutional carry bills in 15 states . . .<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_inline tdi_2_392 td_block_template_1\">\n<div id=\"wh_17415148_1\" class=\"ads_container\">\n<div id=\"ld-13777902496068710-703\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NrZWxldG9uX2xvYWRpbmdfMTMzOTgiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoiY3RhIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19zcGFjZV9jYXJkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9mZiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1506370716450660359&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetruthaboutguns.com%2Fthe-spread-of-constitutional-carry-has-dealt-the-moms-and-everytown-their-biggest-l-yet%2F&amp;sessionId=2cc0d9f633fde4c04fcaba17968a54ffb65aac66&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=600px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1506370716450660359\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, a year later, things aren\u2019t nearly as much fun for Everytown. We \u201c<a title=\"This is an affiliate ad link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/click.php?tt=ale&amp;ti=11297&amp;pri=9659&amp;pw=275597&amp;mi=16365&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwethepeopleholsters.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc,nofollow\">gun<\/a>\u00a0extremists\u201d managed to get the legislatures and the governors of ten of those fifteen states to pass constitutional carry either later last year, or this year. And, the legislative season isn\u2019t over. Georgia seems poised to be next, and others may yet follow this year.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As FPC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gunpolicy\/status\/1506388856949596164\">also pointed out<\/a>, Moms Demand Action got a lot more action than they bargained for the last few years.<br \/>\n<strong>Where It Stands Now, And Where It Could Go Next<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_526869\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-526869\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-79225 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Concealed_carry_across_USA_by_county-600x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Concealed_carry_across_USA_by_county-600x384.jpg 600w, https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Concealed_carry_across_USA_by_county-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Concealed_carry_across_USA_by_county-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Concealed_carry_across_USA_by_county.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-526869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitutional_carry#\/media\/File:Concealed_carry_across_USA_by_county.svg\">Kolomaznik, CC-BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Constitutional carry is now now the most common model of lawful carry in the United States, but it\u2019s going to face more resistance to growth from here. The solidly red states almost all have it now (Georgia is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/under-pressure-from-his-right-georgia-governor-announces-renewed-support-for-constitutional-carry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now on deck<\/a>\u00a0and as for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/florida-constitutional-carry-dies-for-third-consecutive-year-under-republican-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>, well\u2026). Now we\u2019re starting to get into the purple states.<\/p>\n<p>Those won\u2019t go as easily as the states that have enacted permitless carry in the last five years. Just getting places like Alabama, where\u00a0<a title=\"This is an affiliate ad link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/click.php?tt=ale&amp;ti=11297&amp;pri=9659&amp;pw=275597&amp;mi=16365&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwethepeopleholsters.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc,nofollow\">gun<\/a>\u00a0control emerged as Jim Crow laws and public officials still openly make it clear that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsfa.com\/2022\/02\/02\/alabama-sheriffs-speak-out-against-permitless-carry-bill\/\">they use gun control to deny other civil rights<\/a>, like the Fourth Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Now, expect the effort to be even more difficult. New Mexico and Colorado still have a lot of pro-gun\u00a0people in rural areas and small towns, but the cities have been filling up with vultures from California for the better part of two decades. The same is true for Nevada, Oregon, and Washington to varying degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you somehow get past those, the remaining \u201cmay issue\u201d and \u201cno issue\u201d states are going to be even less fertile ground for it. New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Hawaii, and Maryland are the most challenging examples of this.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves only a few states where permitless carry is remotely likely to happen in the near future. The Carolinas, Florida, and Louisiana are good candidates. Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota\u2026maybe. Same for Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, but with those purple-state challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody can say it\u2019s impossible in any state, but some are definitely going to be more challenging than others. If there\u2019s anything the last ten years have taught us, though, it\u2019s to never say never.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spread of Constitutional Carry Has Dealt the Moms and Everytown Their Biggest \u2018L\u2019 Yet. A little over a year ago, I wrote about\u00a0the amazing progress constitutional carry had made,\u00a0though not without a number of failed efforts. The total at the time was 18 states, something that seemed unimaginable just a few years earlier. 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