Pennsylvania has been stuck on this issue for years while neighboring states have moved on. If SB 357 passes, it becomes the 30th constitutional carry state — which would have sounded impossible to say out loud a decade ago.

"Pennsylvania would become the 30th state to recognize constitutional carry if SB 357 passes."

Thirty states. That's the majority of the country running permitless carry at this point. If you've got a Pennsylvania shooter in your life who's been waiting on this, now's the time to make some noise.

"HB 2505/2506 would do the opposite: fragment the legal landscape and expose the firearms industry to coordinated municipal lawfare."

The municipal lawsuit angle is the part worth watching closely. We've seen this playbook before — preemption laws exist specifically to keep Pittsburgh or Philadelphia from creating their own patchwork of ordinances that effectively nullify state law. Frankel's counter-bills are designed to make that kind of end-run possible again, and to drag manufacturers into it.

The House Judiciary Committee is apparently where all four bills are converging. That's where things either move or die — and the article makes clear the pressure campaign is the whole game right now.

For anyone with family or shooting buddies in PA: if they haven't contacted their state senator yet, the June floor vote is coming up fast.

Have any of you had to navigate Pennsylvania's current permit process when traveling through there — and does the prospect of constitutional carry there actually change how you'd plan a road trip east?

Read the full article in The Handbook → | By Steve Duskett