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Lauren Boebert Has Been Granted Concealed Carry Permit in DC

Hopefully this ends discussions about prohibiting members of Congress from carrying in the Capitol.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert (CO-03) has been granted a concealed carry permit in Washington DC, according to chief of police Robert Contee.

At a press conference Thursday, Contee also clarified that Boebert has not yet been seen carrying a gun. She previously released an ad of herself walking around the Capitol grounds saying “I will carry my firearm in DC and in Congress.” She has also stated that “I’ve always heard to ‘speak softly and carry a big stick.’ I prefer to speak loudly and carry a Glock.”

“As we do with all our permits, if citizens are allowed to carry, then we grant them a permit,” Contee said. “In this case, she was allowed to carry and she was granted a permit.”

Upon entering Congress in early January Boebert became a co-chair of the House Second Amendment Caucus. She is very popular nationwide among conservatives for whom gun rights is a significant issue. Because of this and her unapologetic pro-Trump populism, Boebert routinely ruffles the feathers of Democrats. She made headlines only a few days into her freshman term after refusing to walk through metal detectors placed on the House floor, calling them a “political stunt” courtesy of Nancy Pelosi.

“I am legally permitted to carry my firearm in Washington, D.C. and within the Capitol complex. Metal detectors outside of the House would not have stopped the violence we saw last week—it’s just another political stunt by Speaker Pelosi,” Boebert tweeted on January 12.

Now that Boebert has her permit, hopefully Democratic talk of banning concealed carrying on Capitol grounds will now come to an end. It was thought that such talk came as a direct response to Boebert’s discussions with Capitol police about carrying her Glock. Besides, there are much bigger fish to fry anyway.

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Will Indiana be the Next State to Pass Constitutional Carry?

Constitutional Carry is becoming the hottest right wing legislative item in state legislatures nationwide.

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Indiana’s Constitutional Carry legislation, House Bill 1369,  was approved by the House Public Policy Committee on February 15, 2021. According to the NRA-ILA, the bill “may now go to the Ways and Means Committee before going on to the full House for further consideration.”

Under HB 1369, any lawful adult who is legally allowed to acquire a carry permit under Indiana law can now carry a handgun without having to beg the government for permission. This is how the Second Amendment is supposed to work. However, state legislatures across the country have sought to undermine that over the last century.

Constitutional Carry serves to reverse that trend. HB 1369 does not affect previously issued carry permits and allows Indianans to obtain a permit for reciprocity purposes in the case they decide to carry in other states outside of Indiana.

If Indiana passes this law, it would become the 19th state in the nation to embrace Constitutional Carry. When it’s all said and done, Constitutional Carry will perhaps end up being the most successful right-wing movement in recent memory. 

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