{"id":54345,"date":"2016-03-08T13:06:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T18:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=54345"},"modified":"2016-03-08T13:06:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T12:28:33","slug":"veto-west-vriginia-override","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/veto-west-vriginia-override\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislature Overrides Gov.\u2019s Veto: West Virginia Becomes 8th Constitutional Carry State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_34777\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tomblin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"veto-west-vriginia-override\" title=\"Legislature Overrides Gov.\u2019s Veto: West Virginia Becomes 8th Constitutional Carry State\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34777\" title=\"Legislature Overrides Gov.\u2019s Veto: West Virginia Becomes 8th Constitutional Carry State\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tomblin-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.  Sorry pal, you lose!  \" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tomblin-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tomblin-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tomblin.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. Sorry pal, you lose!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The writing was on the wall this time around. Despite Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin\u2019s veto, for the second straight year in a row, there was enough support in both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature to ensure that the Mountain State would become the eighth state to allow law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed firearm without a permit.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s exactly what happened. Tomblin vetoed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.wv.us\/Bill_Status\/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=4145&amp;year=2016&amp;sessiontype=RS\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"veto-west-vriginia-override\" title=\"Legislature Overrides Gov.\u2019s Veto: West Virginia Becomes 8th Constitutional Carry State\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB 4145 <\/a>last Thursday. The very next day the state House chose to override the governor\u2019s decision by a vote of 64-33, only to be followed by the state Senate on Saturday, which also voted 23-11 in favor of the override.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in May, which is approximately 90 days from the passage of the bill, Constitutional carry will become a reality in West Virginia \u2014 a thought that is displeasing to the Democratic governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWest Virginia\u2019s law enforcement officers have dedicated their lives to keeping us safe and helping us in times of need, and it\u2019s disheartening that the members of the Legislature have chosen not to stand with these brave men and women \u2013 putting their safety and the safety of West Virginians at risk,\u201d said Tomblin in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that the concerns of officers from every law enforcement branch in the state, including the West Virginia State Police and university campus police officers, have been ignored by today\u2019s action,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Tomblin\u2019s big beef with the bill was that it jeopardized public safety, a specious claim considering that open carry without a license is already lawful in West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrissey acknowledged as much in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the chief legal officer of the state and the person in charge of criminal matters for the state at the WV Supreme Court and in federal courts, I know that this legislation will not impact public safety,\u201d he said after the veto. \u201cIf this bill is enacted, we will not only expand freedom, but we will keep our citizens protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the language of the HB 4145, all law-abiding citizens over the age of 21 will be allowed to carry a concealed firearm for self-defense without a permit. Additionally, citizens between the ages of 18-21 will be allowed to apply for a concealed carry permit, provided they undergo training for which they would receive a tax credit.<\/p>\n<p>The NRA hailed it as a victory for the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSelf-defense is a fundamental right that must be respected,\u201d said Chris W. Cox, executive director of NRA-ILA. \u201cLaw-abiding West Virginians are now free to choose the method of self-defense that best suits their needs. The NRA and our five million members are pleased that the legislature voted in support of West Virginians\u2019 Second Amendment freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia joins Vermont, Alaska, Arizona, Kansas, Maine, Wyoming, and Mississippi as permit-less carry states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Virginia has become the eighth state to approve Constitutional (permitless) carry.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":54346,"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-54345","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 v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Legislature Overrides Gov.\u2019s Veto: West Virginia Becomes 8th Constitutional Carry State<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Modify your meta description by editing it right here\" \/>\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\/veto-west-vriginia-override\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legislature Overrides Gov.\u2019s Veto: West Virginia Becomes 8th Constitutional Carry State\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"West Virginia has become the eighth state to approve Constitutional (permitless) carry.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/veto-west-vriginia-override\/\" \/>\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=\"2016-03-08T18:06:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-19T12:28:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AP_421700681764-1024x671.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"671\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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