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left-of-center2012

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Fri Mar 1, 2019, 06:52 PM Mar 2019

Kentucky House approves bill to let people carry concealed guns without a permit

The Kentucky House on Friday passed a bill that would allow people to carry concealed firearms without a permit or training.

The GOP-led state House voted 60-37 to approve the legislation and send it to Gov. Matt Bevin for a potential signature, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported. The legislation had passed the state's Republican-controlled Senate last month on the one-year anniversary of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.

Kentucky law currently requires people to get a permit before carrying a concealed firearm. The process includes a background check, gun safety training and $60 fee, the Courtier-Journal noted.

If Bevin signs the bill into law, it would remove the permit requirement for anyone who’s at least 21 years old and meets other legal rules for owning a gun. Having a concealed-carry permit would still be available under the law but it would no longer be mandatory, the Courier-Journal reported.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/432266-kentucky-house-approves-bill-to-let-people-to-carry-concealed-guns

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Kentucky House approves bill to let people carry concealed guns without a permit (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Mar 2019 OP
From the folks who also brought you Golden Raisin Mar 2019 #1
Tourism won't be a problem for Kentucky . pwb Mar 2019 #2
Weee! Giddyup! There's gonna be a shoot out tonight. GemDigger Mar 2019 #3
Oh, good. I hope a lot of them bring them into the Kentucky House and Senate. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #4

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)
3. Weee! Giddyup! There's gonna be a shoot out tonight.
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 08:08 PM
Mar 2019

Welcome to the days of the Wild Wild West...er America!

Major sarcasm.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,865 posts)
4. Oh, good. I hope a lot of them bring them into the Kentucky House and Senate.
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 08:10 PM
Mar 2019

No exempting yourself from the laws you want others to follow.

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