"Constitutional carry doesn't mean carry anywhere — it means carry without a permission slip from the state. Federal restrictions don't disappear because your state went permitless."

This trips people up more than anything. I've heard guys at the range act like constitutional carry is some kind of blanket authorization. It isn't. You're still prohibited if you're prohibited, and the post office is still off-limits whether you live in Vermont or California.

"Even in these states, many gun owners still get a permit. A state-issued concealed carry permit gives you reciprocity when crossing state lines — permitless carry status doesn't travel with you."

If you drive anywhere outside Idaho with your carry gun and you don't have the enhanced permit, you're gambling. I've had this exact conversation at the counter at RSOP more than once — someone thinks their Idaho constitutional carry covers them through Nevada or Utah. It doesn't work that way. Get the permit anyway.

"It's clear that there is a power to prohibit guns on school grounds, and the real question is just how broad that power is." — Joseph Blocher, Duke Law

This is the honest answer, and I appreciate that a law professor said it plainly instead of pretending the doctrine is settled. Student housing, parking lots, research buildings on the edge of campus — none of that has been litigated clearly under Bruen. The campus carry fights happening right now in six states are going to generate the case law that actually answers this question. Could take a decade.

"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." — Sen. Mike Lee

The sentiment is right, but the article also says clearly — this is a bill, not a law, and it's the same federal push that went nowhere in 2024. Worth watching, not worth changing your carry setup over. Plan around what's on the books now.

For those of you who are in permitless carry states and still got your permit anyway — what was the deciding factor? Reciprocity, the training requirement, something else?

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