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Rep. Thomas Massie called on Congress to rally behind his National Constitutional Carry Act on Sunday to remove the government’s ongoing interference with the people’s right to bear arms for self-defense.
Constitutional carry is the law of the land in 29 states, in each of which residents can can carry concealed for self-defense without first getting a permit or license from the government to do so.: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Massie’s legislation would transform all of American into a constitutional carry country, removing the cumbersome process law-abiding citizens in 31 states must undergo in order to exercise their right to bear arms for self-defense.the purpose of the act is to “enforce the rights protected by the Second and Fourteenth Amendments against the States.”
Massie’s act further states, “No State or political subdivision of a State may impose a criminal or civil penalty on, or otherwise indirectly dissuade the carrying of firearms in public by residents or nonresidents of that State who are citizens of the United States and otherwise eligible to possess firearms under State and Federal law.”Down Range with AWR Hawkins
, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, a Pulsar Night Vision pro-staffer, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History.
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