Concealed Carry

Legislation to create national reciprocity for concealed carry was introduced in the Senate Thursday, one day after similar legislation was introduced in the U.S. House.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) 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.

A report by the New York Times suggests President-elect Donald J. Trump has “lost faith” in the National Rifle Association (NRA).

An alleged carjacker is in critical condition after a driver shot him in the Crafty Crab parking lot in St. Petersburg, Florida. 

A Third Circuit three-judge panel rejected a motion that one of the 2nd Amendment Foundation’s concealed carry cases be remanded.

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.

The Detroit Police Department is conducting an internal investigation into why Lions’ wide receiver Jameson Williams was not arrested when a gun was found under his seat during an October 8, 2024, traffic stop. 

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. 

An alleged robber died after being shot by a concealed carry permit holder early Sunday morning at a Walgreens in Chicago-area Calumet City.

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.

A Chicago mother with a concealed carry permit shot a man who was allegedly trying to enter her home through her daughter’s bedroom window Saturday night.

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.