Fifteen states already allow concealed carry without a permit, and lawmakers in nine others have proposed allowing or expanding the practice. GOP governors are backing the changes in Utah and Tennessee. Another bill expanding permitless carry in Montana has passed the state House.
Against that backdrop, the efforts to loosen concealed carry requirements are a frightening trend for Shannon Watts, founder of the gun control group Moms Demand Action. Newly elected GOP Gov. Spencer Cox has said he supports the idea, in contrast to his predecessor and fellow Republican Gary Herbert, who vetoed a similar bill in 2013.
He pointed to a multistate study published in 2018 by the Journal of the American College of Surgeons that found loosening concealed carry permit laws didn’t lead to more homicides or violent crime. Utah does not require a permit for guns carried openly. The push in Tennessee came after the GOP-dominant General Assembly relaxed the state's handgun law in 2020 by allowing people to obtain a concealed-carry-only handgun permit that didn't require them to demonstrate the ability to fire a weapon.
Madness.
Stop the gun madness
That will help reduce the 40,000 gun deaths every year...lol..!!
😢😢
I'm not worried about open carry, I'm worried about the once I can't see
WILD WILD WEST! WILD WILD USA!!!
What kind of shit is this!!!
Have we learned nothing?
Why!?!?
jhc we have an Obscene Fixation with guns in this country. anygunanywhereanytime
It works. Criminals know that if God fearing American loving citizens may have a gun in their belt criminals will rethink about a crime against we the people. 🙏
America just loves to shoot itself in the foot.
Will this proposal include the black and brown communities? This proposal must be fair for ALL citizens.
Insane
Contagious stupidity
Say if someone has a grudge, is bi-polar or another mental disorder just is mad and upset and has a police report of stuff! Children don't deserve to have to worry!
Vote anyone out who support this! Only officer of the law should only have a hidden gun permit!
This is NOT what the MAJORITY of us want. Maybe do some reporting on how gerrymandering and Citizens United get these Republicans elected. One person, one vote, no gerrymandering and the GOP will cease to exist.
It seems that the GOP want's to have everybody wear a gun and have the civil war start within ourselves so the politicians who actually want it look innocent.
Yes, so the next insurrection can have a shootout for extra thrill..
Fox News lol I told you about Dr Fauci President Obama ban Covid19, Dr fauci is the one who fund it, guess who hit you with the virus? That’s right the same man now running it, the same one who fund the virus, don’t take the vaccines, 14th Amendment beat all vaccines 7 to 2 vote.
ElizabethReilly The cowards should go to Wars if they love guns so f much. 🤷♂️
ElizabethReilly Good thing SCOTUS is there to protect us against the national security crisis such legislation would ignite. Oh....wait.
I have lived in three states with concealed carry allowed. Never felt unsafe at all. Can’t say that about DC, NYC or Chicago.
Impeach Romney in Utah then go after his son working with Heinze overseas
Are you kidding me... After what happened Jan 6? No way!
Honestly, this is embarrassing. The world is going through multiple crises and the talk is about carrying guns in the 21st century. Can we please have grown-ups running the country?
It's almost as if the GOP want to see ppl ⚰️💀...guns....covid....
Black n brown folks go register and get a gun see how fast they retract all these restrictions . Smfh
shannonrwatts No.
What is wrong with these people?
WTF?
shannonrwatts Republican lawmakers appear in ever-increasing numbers to have a death wish. What's up with that?
Because they aren’t done killing enough Americans yet?
It sounds like Republicans are still hoping and pushing for a coup to take the streets and then the capitol. There is ZERO reason to allow or push for this if not to hope for riots, bullying and chaos.
This is why I will never trust the GOP they are like whining children not getting their way. VOTE!!
This is insane
Yeah, everyone in the world is saying, 'You know, why doesn't the US have more lenient gun control laws?' Sarcasm
I drew their protection in the events of the capital, and they are now in a deep lesson in the capital. They have to change
shannonrwatts More states I won't visit or live in.
This is idiotic and frightening.
minimum 30 day waiting period for ANY firearm, psychological evaluation prior to every purchase, training in responisibility required...i own numerous guns and 100% support this...responsible gun owners will too
shannonrwatts Why
Freedom
It's now a fetish.
Yes
This is way to dangerous in my opinion.
Republican lawmakers don't care if you're concealed carrying w/o a permit, but if you don't have photo id, you better not try to vote. 🤷♀️ Priorities.
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