Wyoming governor signs concealed gun bill

AP ^ | 2 March, 2011 | AP

[marktwain]

CHEYENNE — Wyoming has become the fourth state to allow citizens to carry concealed guns without a permit.

[marktwain]

I have been in this war to restore the Constitution for a long time. Most of the victorious fights have been started by the grass roots and won by the grass roots. The NRA has been quite helpful in a lot of areas such as overall education and awareness, and in pushing for preemption bills. All too often, though, the NRA has to be dragged into the fight after the prep work has been done, and only arrives after the issue is mostly settled.

The gun industry has to be dragged, reluctantly and hesitantly, into supporting some efforts. They are pretty good when they are directly threatened, such as the bill to prevent frivilous lawsuits against them. Mostly, they do not want the publicity of being in the fight. I think that is bad policy on their part, but that is the way it is.

The idea that these grass roots directed battles to restore our Constitutional rights are pushed by the firearms industry to increase profits, is laughable to anyone who has actually been in the trenches. It is so far removed from reality that it fits the "big lie" category.

Now we have four states with Constitutional carry. I predicted that we would have at least five by the end of this year. Who will be next? New Hampshire? South Carolina? Kentucky? Wisconsin? Tennesee? Idaho? Utah? Maine?

[Texas Fossil]

The article does not mention the names of the other 3 states who allow concealed carry without a permit. They are Alaska, Vermont, and Arizona.

[Vor Lady]

It sure as heck won’t be Nebraska.

[Loud Mime]

I am seriously considering a move back to AZ.

[snowsislander]

Now we have four states with Constitutional carry. I predicted that we would have at least five by the end of this year. Who will be next? New Hampshire? South Carolina? Kentucky? Wisconsin? Tennesee? Idaho? Utah? Maine?

Another victory!

It is truly wonderful how far we have come from the awful days of the 1970s, when it appeared that the RKBA was being crushed out of existence.

Now most states have "shall issue" concealed carry licenses, and in four states, we have achieved constitutional carry.

My ultimate dream is to pass a federal firearms freedom act, eliminating all federal firearms control and taxation:

Federal Firearms Freedom Act

1) United States Code Title 18, Part I, Chapter 44 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
2) United States Code Title 26, Subtitle E, Chapter 53 is hereby repealed in its entirety.

The first part takes care of all of 922 and 923. The second part takes care of the Internal Revenue Code related to 922 and 923.

[Malsua]

Who will be next?

Colorado is on the way. Colorado HB1205 - passed out of committee a few days ago on an 8-3 vote.

[wideawake]

VT, WY, AK, AZ. Great. That means that a whole 2.5% of the US population actually possess their full 2A rights.

[ixtl]

Ping.

[Joe Brower]

Excellent news. The march towards Constitutional carry chalks up another victory.

[backwoods-engineer]

EXCELLENT! I hope the trend for Constitutional Carry makes its way across the states. Amazing. I never thought we’d have 4.

[Dead Corpse]

If you have a better suggestion, a more effective means to redress the issue...

Let's hear it.

[Obadiah]

What about Wisconsin?? - an island in the nation (along with Illinois).

[Texas Fossil]

Yep, I have said for quite a while “if we truely had the right to bear arms, I could own my own howitzer”. (guess I could if I made it inoperable.)

[jdege]

[Texas Fossil]

Very obvious pattern of growth. Thanks for graphics.

[Solitar]

Yes!
This should be an incentive for the Colorado Senate to pass it too.
The Colorado House already passed it.
Now if our Democrat governor Hickenlooper doesn’t fail us,
but we may have enough votes to override anyway.

Yippee!

[milwguy]

That will happen here in Wisconsin before the end of the year. Have to get the budget fixed first.

[Obadiah]

I hope you are right.

[Obadiah]

Many people don’t remember this, but there was one other recent time when Republicans had majorities in the Legislature and a Republican governor. I believe it was 1994 with Thompson when they tried to pass CC and they couldn’t do it.

[Still Thinking]

The article does not mention the names of the other 3 states who allow concealed carry without a permit. They are Alaska, Vermont, and Arizona.

They do say "Alaska, Arizona and Vermont already don't require permits for carrying concealed guns."