Concealed Carry

Over the weekend President-elect Donald Trump announced a push for national concealed carry reciprocity, a move which would make the concealed permit of any one state valid in the other 49.

A concealed carry permit holder opened fire on a group of alleged carjackers Thursday morning in Chicago, striking one of them in the arm and leg. 

An alleged carjacker who attempted to enter a vehicle occupied by a mother and her children was shot dead Sunday by a bystander who intervened.

District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. ruled that New York’s ban on concealed carry on private property open to the public is unconstitutional. 

Okeechobee City Police Department chief Donald Hagan signed an emergency order banning the carry of firearms and the sales of guns and ammo as Hurricane Helene prepared to make landfall last week. 

Montana-based Shield Arms builds parts and accessories that turn a run-of-the-mill Glock 43X into a next level everyday carry pistol.

No charges will be filed against the concealed carry permit holder who shot and killed two people during a Detroit Lions tailgate party last Sunday.

On Friday, a three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that California cannot ban concealed carry in hospitals. 

The Eighth Circuit refused to rehear the case that overturned Minnesota’s ban on issuing concealed carry permits to 18-20-year-olds.

On Tuesday, a U.S. district judge decided that California’s ban on concealed carry permits for non-residents fails standards set forth by Bruen (2022) and Rahimi (2024).

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter Wednesday to the City of Dallas informing them they have 15 days to withdraw the gun ban statement issued by the State Fair of Texas.

U.S. District Judge Gerald L. Russell on August 2, 2024, found numerous Maryland gun bans aimed at concealed carriers to be unconstitutional.

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) targeted concealed carry and concealed carry permit holders following the failed AR-15-based assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

A three-judge panel for the United State Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday found that Minnesota’s ban against 18-20 year-olds seeking permits to carry handguns for self defense is unconstitutional.

Constitutional carry takes effect July 4, 2024, in Louisiana but the city of New Orleans will continue to require concealed carry permits until August 1.

A 36-year-old man allegedly pulled a gun on a concealed carry permit holder in Chicago Saturday morning and was shot and critically wounded in the ensuing shootout.

Campus carry for self-defense will become illegal in Colorado when Democrat-sponsored SB24-131 takes effect on July 1, 2024.

A concealed carry permit holder shot and fatally wounded a tow truck driver who allegedly pulled a gun on him during a road rage incident near Chicago, police say.

On Thursday, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) pledged to litigate on Donald Trump’s behalf if the NYPD revokes his concealed carry permit.

The NYPD is preparing to revoke Donald Trump’s concealed carry permit following the numerous felony convictions handed down by the jury last week.

A Chicago concealed carry permit holder foiled an attack Friday night by pulling his gun and shooting three suspects who were beating him.

A pizza delivery driver in Houston, Texas, reportedly shot and killed an alleged armed robber shortly after 12:40 a.m. Sunday.

U.S. District Court judge William S. Stickman decided this week against Pennsylvania’s prohibition on 18-20-year-olds securing a concealed carry permit in order to be armed on their persons for self-defense. 

The Tennessee House of Representatives was in chaos after lawmakers passed a controversial gun bill, allowing teachers to conceal carry.

Democrats in Colorado’s Senate passed legislation barring licensed concealed carry permit holders from being armed for self-defense in five new places on Wednesday.

A concealed carry permit holder killed an alleged robber Friday shortly before 5:30 a.m. during a shootout in Chicago. 

A bill allowing concealed carry in public schools is headed to Gov. Mark Gordon’s (R) desk.

Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) signed legislation Thursday making South Carolina the twenty-ninth constitutional carry state.

The South Carolina Senate passed the constitutional carry conference report on Wednesday and on Thursday Gov. Henry McMaster (R) will sign it into law.

South Carolina’s constitutional carry legislation has been passed out of conference, and subsequently passed by the House, paving the way for the state to become the 29th constitutional carry state before week’s end.

Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed legislation on Tuesday morning, March 5, 2024, making Louisiana the 28th constitutional carry state in the Union.

A bill incentivizing concealed carry for teachers to assist with classroom defense passed the Utah legislation and is headed to Gov. Spencer Cox’s (R) desk.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) used a social media post Wednesday to explain his conviction that constitutional carry levels the playing field for law-abiding citizens.

The Louisiana House passed constitutional carry legislation Wednesday, which means the bill now goes to Gov. Jeff Landry’s desk to be signed. 

HB 1364 makes property owners liable if a legal concealed carrier is harmed while barred from carrying for self-defense on the property.

A Chicago jewelry store employee with a concealed carry permit opened fire on an alleged robber just before 11 a.m. Saturday morning, striking him with at least two bullets.