Massie and other Republicans push for National Constitutional Carry Act to protect Americans’ gun rights

Rep. Thomas Massie, r-ky., and a host of others House Republicans are pushing a proposal that would force states to allow Americans to carry guns in public areas.

The measure, called the National Constitutional Carry Act, would prohibit states and localities from restricting US citizens from carrying firearms in public if they are eligible to carry guns under State and federal law.

“By prohibiting state or local restrictions on the right to bear arms, HR 645 upholds the original purpose of the Second Amendment— Securing the security of a free state, while safeguarding individual liberties against government infringement,” Massie said, according to a statement.

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Specifically, the measure’s text states that “no state or political subdivision of a state may impose a criminal or civil penalty or indirectly limit the carrying of firearms (including by imposing a financial or other barrier to entry) in public by public) Residents or nonresidents of this state who are citizens of the United States and who are eligible to possess firearms under state and federal law.”

“Any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or custom of a state or a political subdivision of a state that criminalizes, penalizes, or indirectly deters the transportation of firearms (including by imposing a financial or other barrier to the ‘entry) in public by public) Any resident or non-resident who is a citizen of the United States and who is eligible to possess firearms under state and federal law, shall be of no force or effect,” it says the measure

The measure would not apply to locations “where firearms screening is conducted under state law” and would not block owners of privately owned facilities from banning guns on their premises.

Massie and others had previously pushed for that proposal last year.

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In 2021, Massie shared a family Christmas photo in which each person had a gun.

“Merry Christmas!” The gun rights advocate wrote while sharing the photo, adding: “Ps. Santa please bring ammo.”

In a 2022 post, he criticized the term “gun violence,” stating that it “is part of the language leftists use to deflect blame from the evil perpetrators of violence” and that it “suggests that guns are to blame for people’s place, which sets the table for their anti-sodium modification agenda.”

“There’s a reason you never see a Communist, a Marxist, or even a Socialist politician supporting the right of ordinary people to keep and bear arms: these forms of government require more submission to the state than armed citizens would tolerate,” Massie tweeted in 2022.

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The congressman’s press release lists dozens of House Republicans as original Cosponsors, including: Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Eric Burlison of Missouri, Ben Cline of Virginia, Michael Cloud of Texas, Mike Collins of Georgia, Eli Crane of Arizona, Brandon Gill of Texas, Paul Gosar of Arizona, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Andy Harris of Maryland, Clay Higgins of Louisiana, Nick Langworthy of New York, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, Mary Miller of Illinois, Barry Moore of Alabama, Nathaniel Moran of Texas, Andrew Ogles of Tennessee, John Rose of Tennessee, Chip Roy of Texas , Keith Self of Texas, Victoria Spartz of Indiana, Claudia Tenney of New York, Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, Randy Weber of Texas and Tony Wied of Wisconsin.