Hello again, everyone. Welcome to watching a Gun Law tv. I'm Washington, a gun law president William Kirk. Thanks for joining us. Hey, good news for once. We don't get to talk about good news, but in this whole post Bruin enlightenment era that we're living in, we've gone back, we've done a lot of serious soul searching about a lot of laws, and some of those laws that we've done some serious soul searching on has been concealed carry laws. And that's why you have seen this rapid expansion of constitutional carry where now 29 states, most of which have complete constitutional carry and a lot of 'em have some version of it. But for those who aren't lucky enough to live in a state that enjoys freedoms and liberties, yet no, you may have to get government's permission, and sometimes it may be virtually impossible to get that permission slip to defend your own life. Well, along comes a piece of legislation on the federal level, which if enacted into law, would make the United States one big gigantic constitutional carry jurisdiction. I'm not joking. Let's talk about what the law does and let's talk about what the chances are that this actually becomes law. So today, let's spend a few minutes and let's talk about, here we go, the push for national constitutional carry.
Okay, America, this is what we're talking about. We are talking about house resolution 9 5 3 4 announced on Wednesday. If you go to the website, which we'll link it up down below, you'll probably not be able to find a text of the bill yet. We were able to procure one through, of course, the Dudley Brown, the president of the National Association for Gun Rights, who I understand worked very closely with the sponsor of this bill, representative Thomas Massey out of Kentucky's fourth congressional district. Now, representative Massey has been a long, long time and very staunch ally of our Second Amendment rights. And this resolution, this house built if enacted into law, would actually create national constitutional carry. Let's get right to the meat of it right here. How would this law work? The proposed legislation would amend 18 United States Code Section 9 27. The newly amended section 9 27 would read as follows.
A no state or political subdivision of a state may impose a criminal or a civil penalty on or otherwise indirectly dissuade the carrying of firearms, including by imposing a financial or other barrier to entry in public by residents or non-residents of that state who are citizens of the United States and otherwise eligible to possess firearms under state and federal law. But the law goes on to do even more because it also declares B, any statute ordinance, regulation, custom or usage of a state or political subdivision of a state that criminalizes, penalizes or otherwise indirectly dissuades the carrying of firearms, including by imposing a financial or other barrier to entry in public by any resident or non-resident who is a United States citizen and otherwise eligible to possess firearms under state and federal law shall have no force or effect. Okay? Can the federal government basically say any state law that does this has no force and effect?
Yes, they can. And that's all because of the supremacy clause, which as you recall from this video right here, is how the state of Missouri got their Second Amendment Preservation Act kind of smacked down because of a violation of the supremacy clause. Now, understand there are a few term of arts, which is as this clearly states, this is about carrying firearms in public. The legislation defines public then as follows, the term public is used in this section. One includes any place held open to the public regardless of ownership. But in the case of privately owned locations held open to the public does not include a place where the owner communicates clearly and conspicuously a prohibition of firearms on the premises. And two, does not include a place where screening of firearms is conducted under state law. So understand that your traditional sensitive places or gun-free zones would not be affected by this.
Private businesses that want to still restrict firearms on their property would still have the right to do so. Now, all of this is really super awesome so far, and I do got to commend these drafters of the bill. They did an excellent job of lining up all the case law as to why this actually is really just an announcement of our constitutional rights. We're not going to go through all of that today because here's the big question. What's the chance that this actually becomes law, right? Because we talk about really cool ideas on this channel all the time. We also talk about really, really stupid and crazy ideas on this channel, but we always try to temper it with what is the likelihood that this actually becomes law? And the answer is actually quite simple. How well does the GOP perform in November? It's really that simple.
If the GOP reclaims, the White House maintains control of the house and gains control of the Senate, this becomes significantly in play at that point. The votes for the most part would be there. It'd be interesting to see how many of, I know what some of you call rhinos out there, but those that are soft on some of these issues, whether or not they would stay firm on this. But depending on how well the Republican party performs in the November general election, that is going to determine whether or not this thing ever sees the light of day if they do end up with the clean sweep. However, yeah, this has a significant chance of actually becoming reality. Okay. The House bill once again is 9 5 3 4. We're going to link it up down below. You're probably going to have to wait a couple of more days in order to actually see the text of the bill.
But in the meantime, remember that the good folks over at the National Association for Gun Rights, they've been pushing for this issue for a long time. They worked very closely with Representative Massey to help get this bill drafted, which means there is a link down below. You guys should really consider showing them some love. Listen, if you've got any other questions about this or anything else related to what's left of our Second Amendment rights, you guys should all know how to get ahold of Washington Gun Law by now. But if you don't, that's okay. All that information's down there in the description box, maybe you got an idea for a video we should be doing around here. If you do, go ahead and click on that link right there. It's probably better than any idea we're going to come up with. Maybe you just want to be part of our monthly newsletter. The ability to subscribe to all of that is right down there in the description box as well. And then finally, and most importantly, let's remember that part of being the lawful and responsible gun owner, like we talk about all the time here, is to know what the law is in every situation out. It applies to you in any instance that you may find yourself. Until next time, thanks for watching and stay safe.
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