Senators Marshall, Cornyn and Senate GOP Colleagues Introduce Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Bill

WASHINGTON D.C.– U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D., John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), along with 39 of their Senate GOP colleagues, introduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow individuals with concealed carry privileges in their home state to exercise those rights in any other state that allows concealed carry, while still abiding by that state’s laws:

This legislation is endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA), the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), and Gun Owners of America (GOA). 

Background on the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act:

• Allows individuals with concealed carry privileges in their home state to exercise those rights in any other state with concealed carry laws. 
• Treats state-issued concealed carry permits like drivers’ licenses where an individual can use their home-state license to drive in another state but must abide by that other state’s speed limit or road laws. 
• Protects state sovereignty by not establishing a national standard for concealed carry.

The legislation is also cosponsored by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Mike Lee (R-UT), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Jim Risch (R-ID), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Rick Scott (R-FL), James Lankford (R-OK), Katie Britt (R-AL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Ted Budd (R-NC), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), John Kennedy (R-LA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Todd Young (R-IN), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), John Barrasso (R-WY), Jim Banks (R-IN), Tim Scott (R-SC), Bernie Moreno (R-OH), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Mike Rounds (R-SD), John Curtis (R-UT), John Boozman (R-AR), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), John Hoeven (R-ND), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV).

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