Biggest Gun Rights Stories of 2023 (3 Part)

Quite possibly the biggest gun rights story of 2023 was the advancement of permitless—also called "constitutional"—carry to now cover 27 of the 50 states, creating a majority situation, as noted by Fox News, which makes the gun prohibition lobby furious.

On their website, Brady United declares, "This decision is dangerous and an unprecedented change to centuries of practice and regulation. Lower courts now have more power to strike down gun laws, due to the Supreme Court's ruling that history and tradition should be the sole factors in determining whether or not a law is consistent with the Second Amendment. This test could lock the United States into the past, at a time when people of color, women, and others were not allowed to participate in the political process and when assault weapons were not yet in existence."

Translation: Permitless carry is somehow tantamount to racism and sexism.

Another argument from the Brady camp is that "constitutional carry" leads to more crime committed by people who carry guns without getting a permit or license. The argument ignores the fact that criminals have been doing exactly that for generations, because criminals do not bother with such things as carry permits, background checks, waiting periods or any other roadblocks anti-gunners have put in the way of law-abiding citizens. .....