{"id":53121,"date":"2016-02-10T09:39:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T14:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=53121"},"modified":"2016-02-10T09:39:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T10:48:22","slug":"west-virginia-house-approves-constitutional-carry-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/west-virginia-house-approves-constitutional-carry-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia House Approves Constitutional Carry Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_53125\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AJX43kWZ.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"west-virginia-house-approves-constitutional-carry-bill\" title=\"West Virginia House Approves Constitutional Carry Bill\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53125\" title=\"West Virginia House Approves Constitutional Carry Bill\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AJX43kWZ-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"19-year-old Delegate Saira Blair, lead sponsor of the Constitutional Carry Bill.  (Photo: Twitter)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AJX43kWZ-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AJX43kWZ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AJX43kWZ.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">19-year-old Delegate Saira Blair, lead sponsor of the Constitutional Carry Bill. (<em>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/electsairablair\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"west-virginia-house-approves-constitutional-carry-bill\" title=\"West Virginia House Approves Constitutional Carry Bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Not deterred by the Constitutional carry bill that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/west-virginia-governor-vetoes-constitutional-carry-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"west-virginia-house-approves-constitutional-carry-bill\" title=\"West Virginia House Approves Constitutional Carry Bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vetoed last year by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin,<\/a> the West Virginia House of Delegates overwhelmingly approved a new piece of legislation that would bring permitless carry to the Mountain State for those over 21-years-of-age and allow residents between the ages of 18 and 21 to apply for a concealed carry permit.<\/p>\n<p>The chief sponsor of this year\u2019s Constitutional carry bill was 19-year-old Delegate Saira Blair, who cited concerns about her safety as someone who cannot currently carry under state law.<\/p>\n<p>In a moving speech before the Legislature, Blair, a Republican, explained why she felt it was time for a change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m the only person standing in this chamber in the 18 to 21 year old age period. I can currently not get a permit to carry, and I&#8217;ll tell you right now, I am scared,\u201d she said, as quoted by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/02\/09\/466144398\/w-va-house-oks-bill-letting-people-carry-concealed-guns-without-a-permit\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"west-virginia-house-approves-constitutional-carry-bill\" title=\"West Virginia House Approves Constitutional Carry Bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> West Virginia Public Broadcasting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve received multiple death threats in the past year,\u201d Blair continued. \u201cI am scared. I&#8217;m not going to stop what I do on a daily basis; I&#8217;m not going to stop going to the mall, I&#8217;m not going to stop going to the movies, and I&#8217;m not going to stop going to church because of it, but I would feel safer as a law abiding citizen if I knew that I was able to protect myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the House passed the bill with a 68-31 vote, with an added amendment that gives one a tax credit for any permit costs. \u00a0It seems like a no-brainer, especially because residents over the age of 21 can openly carry without a permit under state law. \u00a0If it&#8217;s lawful for one to carry openly without a permit, why should it be illegal for one to carry concealed without a permit?<\/p>\n<h2>ALSO SEE:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/are-opponents-of-constitutional-carry-anti-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"west-virginia-house-approves-constitutional-carry-bill\" title=\"West Virginia House Approves Constitutional Carry Bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0ARE OPPONENTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY ANTI-GUN?<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Tomblin got word of the bill and on Monday, via Twitter, he said, \u201cI will veto any concealed carry bill that does not take into consideration the concerns of law enforcement for the safety of our officers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, the Democratic governor is on his way out. Tomblin cannot run for re-election in the fall because of term limits.<\/p>\n<p>The bill now heads to the state Senate, where it will be reviewed by the Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<p>From the perspective of gun rights advocates, the first hurdle was ensuring that all 50 states and the District of Columbia have some form of permit issuance system. In short, that any state ban on concealed carry was overturned. Now that that\u2019s been accomplished, the next frontier appears to be enacting Constitutional carry.<\/p>\n<p>On this front, there has been some steady progress. Currently, Alaska, Arizona, Kansas, Maine, Montana, Wyoming and Vermont all haver versions of permitless carry on the books, with Kansas being the most recent after enacting a Constitutional carry bill last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Utah Legislature is now reviewing a permitless carry bill and one just got shot down in Virginia earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>While Constitutional carry is not yet the new normal, it\u2019s gaining momentum. After all, it\u2019s hard to argue with the facts. That is when cries of \u201cblood in the streets\u201d turn out to be overblown after the passage of such laws, anti-gunners have zero credible ground to stand on to justify their opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Virginia House approved a Constitutional Carry bill this month by a 2-1 majority.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":53124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,25,216,240],"tags":[132,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-53121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-current-events","10":"category-s-h-blannelberry","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>West Virginia House Approves Constitutional Carry Bill<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"West Virginia House Approves Constitutional Carry Bill -\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/west-virginia-house-approves-constitutional-carry-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"West Virginia House Approves Constitutional Carry Bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The West Virginia House approved a Constitutional Carry bill this month by a 2-1 majority.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/west-virginia-house-approves-constitutional-carry-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-10T14:39:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-19T10:48:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WV-CC.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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