From: maximusheadroom@gmx.com   
      
   Mike Lee Introduces Constitutional Carry in U.S. Senate   
      
   AWR Hawkins   
      
   Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)) introduced on Thursday the National Constitutional Carry   
   Act in the Senate to remove nationwide the need to get the government's   
   permission before carrying a handgun for self-defense.   
      
   Lee posted to X: "If you're legally allowed to have a gun, you shouldn't have   
   to   
   get any government's permission to carry it any more than you should have to   
   get   
   permission to speak. My bill is necessary to protect Americans' fundamental   
   right to bear arms[.] Who's with me?"   
      
   In another post he observed, "Freedom is the opposite of needing the   
   government's permission[.] My bill eliminates that requirement for lawful gun   
   owners."   
      
   FOX News pointed out that Lee's legislation would not abolish certain   
   prohibitions against carrying in various places state-to-state, but would   
   ensure   
   that the right to self-defense does not end at one's state line: "Private   
   properties and secure government buildings could still prohibit guns, and   
   people   
   who are not legally allowed to own a firearm would remain barred from carrying   
   one."   
      
   Gun Owners of America's Erich Pratt praised Lee's legislation, saying:   
      
     In a time of war, Americans cannot afford to have the right to bear arms   
   delayed by arbitrary state permitting processes. Public safety is threatened   
   not   
   only by ordinary criminals, but also bad actors working for foreign   
   adversaries,   
   and Americans need to be armed for the security of our free state. That's why   
   Gun Owners of America is proud to endorse Senator Mike Lee's National   
   Constitutional Carry Act. Under this GOA-backed legislation, the right to carry   
   a firearm without a government permission slip will be fully restored, and   
   unconstitutional states regulations on firearms, ammunition, and magazine size   
   will be preempted.   
      
   Lee said, "The Founders established a national right to keep and bear arms, not   
   to ask for permission from hostile local officials or risk imprisonment for   
   crossing the wrong state line."   
      
   https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/03/06/mike-lee-intr   
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