Tomorrow, Jan. 3, a constitutional carry bill will be introduced in the Ky Senate. This bill has been in the works for 9 months, ever since the 2016 General Assembly adjourned. The bill was a joint collaboration of representatives from NRA Headquarters in Va., local NRA field representatives and members of the Board of KC3. Senator Albert Robinson will be the sponsor of the bill, just like last year. Senator Robinson was also heavily involved in writing this bill and approving what went into it. Nobody wanted a repeat of the mistakes and misunderstandings of last year.
For the first 90 days after last year's session, we tried to make the 37 page monstrosity from 2016 into something workable, but finally everyone involved decided it just could not be done and we had to start over with a new idea.
This years bill will not suit everybody, we couldn't do that either. There are things in this bill that I didn't want, but we attempted to write a bill that we could get passed, not try to please everybody. Just like our existing concealed carry law, we can improve it with time, but first we have to get it passed.
The bill will:
1. It will bear no resemblance to last years terrible 37 page bill.
2. It will be short. 5 full pages and a short paragraph on the 6th page.
3. Most of the 5 pages is just restating of existing law without any changes or in some cases minor changes to remove references to "licenses" or "permits".
4. The "meat" of the bill, the part that makes it legal to carry concealed without a license, comes in one paragraph, the second paragraph of the bill and only takes up one sentence.
5. Places where you can not carry a concealed weapon are exactly the same, word for word, as in the licensing law.
6. Ability of private property owners to restrict unlicensed concealed carry is exactly the same as in the licensing statute, word for word.
7. Ability of colleges and universities to control weapons is exactly the same as the existing law.
8. Authority of cities and counties to prohibit unlicensed concealed carry is the same as their authority to prohibit licensed concealed carry.
9. There is no change to the existing licensing system.(It is not even mentioned in this bill.) Those that want to get a license can still do so and it will still be useful for travel outside Ky. and as an exemption to the NIC background check.
Before some asks, Yes, I think we can get this passed, this year.
Here is a link to the 2017 Constitutional Carry bill. (This is not an official copy. That will not be made public until tomorrow morning. This is the last working draft that I was sent for comment and revision, last Friday. I don't expect the official version to be any different):
http://ift.tt/15yUCFm
For the first 90 days after last year's session, we tried to make the 37 page monstrosity from 2016 into something workable, but finally everyone involved decided it just could not be done and we had to start over with a new idea.
This years bill will not suit everybody, we couldn't do that either. There are things in this bill that I didn't want, but we attempted to write a bill that we could get passed, not try to please everybody. Just like our existing concealed carry law, we can improve it with time, but first we have to get it passed.
The bill will:
1. It will bear no resemblance to last years terrible 37 page bill.
2. It will be short. 5 full pages and a short paragraph on the 6th page.
3. Most of the 5 pages is just restating of existing law without any changes or in some cases minor changes to remove references to "licenses" or "permits".
4. The "meat" of the bill, the part that makes it legal to carry concealed without a license, comes in one paragraph, the second paragraph of the bill and only takes up one sentence.
5. Places where you can not carry a concealed weapon are exactly the same, word for word, as in the licensing law.
6. Ability of private property owners to restrict unlicensed concealed carry is exactly the same as in the licensing statute, word for word.
7. Ability of colleges and universities to control weapons is exactly the same as the existing law.
8. Authority of cities and counties to prohibit unlicensed concealed carry is the same as their authority to prohibit licensed concealed carry.
9. There is no change to the existing licensing system.(It is not even mentioned in this bill.) Those that want to get a license can still do so and it will still be useful for travel outside Ky. and as an exemption to the NIC background check.
Before some asks, Yes, I think we can get this passed, this year.
Here is a link to the 2017 Constitutional Carry bill. (This is not an official copy. That will not be made public until tomorrow morning. This is the last working draft that I was sent for comment and revision, last Friday. I don't expect the official version to be any different):
http://ift.tt/15yUCFm
Constitutional Carry 2017
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