Posted on 03/16/2016 3:01:35 PM PDT by marktwain
Idaho moved a step closer to Constitutional or permitless carry on 14 March, 2016. The Idaho Senate passed SB 1389 27-8. The bill would remove the ban on the carry of concealed weapons inside city limits in Idaho, for those people over 21 who can legally possess firearms but do not have a concealed carry permit. Residents of Idaho already have the right to carry concealed weapons in 99% of the state. This small incremental step places Idaho with eight other states that have restored most of Constitutional carry the state of law that existed when the Bill of Rights was ratified on December 15th, 1791. From the freebeacon.com:
The eight other states that have close approximations to Constitutional carry are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Maine, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Vermont. Idaho would make the eighth state to eliminate the necessity of a permit to carry concealed weapons for adults who can legally possess handguns. Vermont has had Constitutional carry since statehood in 1791, a few months before the Bill of Rights was ratified.State senator Curt McKenzie, the lead sponsor of the bill, said via email, The law should not be a trap for the unwary. Idaho has always allowed law abiding citizens to conceal carry firearms in the counties without a permit. But current law makes it a crime for citizens to cross the invisible line into a municipality unless they openly carry their firearm, which makes a lot of people uncomfortable. Someone could drive in the county with a loaded gun holstered by their seat, but they could be committing a crime once the street crosses into a city. That is not good law.
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Now, if we can just get the police to stop shooting at us here in Idaho....
Kansas allows concealed carry without a permit now.
Almost makes me want to move to Kansas. Almost.
If the right job.......
This is great!
Way to GO IDAHO!,,,,,now if AZ would only.....
Oh? Are the police shooting at gun owners?
We should get Donald Jr to take this up with his dad. They already want carry permits to be national - just one small step to national constitutional carry.
Donald Trump, Jr. Speaks 2-22-16 Elko NV.
https://youtu.be/1IqfRbjcpDY
Its a Q and A. Don Jr is more articulate than most candidates in the race! Talks fast, not in a patronizing way and not like hes lecturing. Lots about government waste, small government, the left, the constitution, the second amendment. Im probably the only billionaires son more comfortable in a D-10 Cat than a golf cart. He personally reloads 100 different calibers. Don Jr is part of the full court press from Trump. Very impressive.
Arizona has had permitless carry for eight years.
One of the versions of the national reciprocity bills has the provision that if you can legally carry in you home state, you can legally carry in other states.
It would be a good step in the right direction.
Getting national reciprocity bill is pretty much a done deal if the president supports it.
A national Constitutional reciprocity bill would be a lot harder.
Not in Tucson or Pima County. If you strap on there your Jail-Mate is going to .... well, you get it.
“Not in Tucson or Pima County. If you strap on there your Jail-Mate is going to .... well, you get it.”
Sounds like a lawsuit in the making. I pass through Tucson and Pima County. I have open carried there, casually. Never had a problem.
Might be worth a demonstration. I know AZCDL had their meeting there last year, and they encourage open carry there. Usually several hundred people show up.
If you are interested, AZCDL is the one of the best state level organizations in the U.S. They are the ones that pushed Constitutional carry through.
Tumble weeds are hiring.
Lots of elbow room out here.
:)
Well, they did kill that rancher.....details being hidden.
Me too.
It has taken more than long enough...but this time I think we are going to get Constitutional Carry.
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