In a time when it seems that there’s no good news, the Second Amendment movement reminds us why there’s always a silver lining in adversity.
On March 21, 2022, Indiana became the 24th state to pass Constitutional Carry after Republican Governor Eric Holcomb signed Constitutional Carry into law. Previously, on March 8, the Indiana State House and State Senate sent House Bill 1296, Indiana’s Constitutional Carry bill, to Holcomb’s desk.
The House passed the bill on a 68-30 vote, while the Senate passed HB 1296 on a 30-20 vote.
Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie congratulated his colleague Indiana Congresswoman Victoria Spartz and pro-gun researcher John Lott for their work in passing Constitutional Carry in Indiana.
On March 21, Massie tweeted, “Indiana just became the 24th Constitutional carry state. Thank you to the freedom fighters in the Indiana state house and state senate. And thank you @JohnRLottJr and @RepSpartz for your work to get this across the finish line.”
Georgia is expected to become the next Constitutional Carry state later this week, bringing the nation’s total to 25. Nebraska is also expected to make Constitutional Carry the law of the land soon, potentially putting the Constitutional Carry count to 26.
At the Crime Prevention Research Center, Lott noted what Constitutional Carry’s overall progress look like on a geographic scale:
Sixty-one percent of the country is covered (2.155 million square miles), and if Georgia and Nebraska pass it, 65% of the country will be covered (2.289 million square miles). There are now 109 million Americans who are covered by Constitutional Carry. When Georgia and Nebraska pass, that will mean about 122 million Americans will be covered.
Liberty conservatives should be proud of their Constitutional Carry accomplishments. This is easily the Right’s biggest legislative success story of the past two decades.
In the short-term, liberty conservatives should strive to make every red state in the nation a Constitutional Carry state. In doing so, we’ll have a powerbase to then project influence into swing states and blue states with large gun owning populations.
