Thanks for the updates, Gary!
FL - HI - NM – NC - OH – WV Updates
West Virginia – The Governor has signed SB 10 Campus Carry Act. The law does not take effect until July 1, 2024. A Permit WV issues or honors will be required to carry on campus. Even though West Virginia is a Permitless Carry State they do not honor all other states permit/licenses. No Open Carry or Permitless Carry allowed. 21 for those with a permit West Virginia honors. 18 for WV Residents with a Permit.
SB 10 Text
West Virginia –SB 128 which covers the Emergency Powers of the Governor/State Government became law without the Governors Signature. They can’t stop the carrying/transport of firearms/parts/reloading components etc doing a declared emergency. The law takes effect in about 90 days. SB 128 Text
West Virginia – SB 608 updated the definitions of Deadly weapons by adding that Pepper Spray is not a dangerous weapon when used for defensive purposed for those 16 or older.
SB 608 Text
Ohio – Not Effective until about 4/4/2023, The Governor let SB 185 become law without his signature. This is their Declared Emergency Statute and no government authority in the state can interfere with the sale/carrying etc of firearms doing an emergency. The part covering this is at the bottom of the Bill.
https://handgunlaw.us/documents/sb185_04_PH.pdf
New Mexico - Effective June 16, 2023 HB 9 signed by the Governor will make it a crime if a minor gains access to a firearm that was not securely stored and brandishes the gun or uses the firearm to injure himself or another. You can read the bill at:
https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23 Regular/final/HB0009.pdf
North Carolina – The North Carolina Legislature has overridden a veto by the Governor of SB 41. This bill allows for the carrying of firearms on Church property that has a school. It becomes effective Dec. 1, 2023. There are stipulations that you should read concerning this bill. The Bill also repealed the law on Purchase Permits. They will no longer be required and that part is effective immediately.
https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S41v3.pdf
Hawaii – Things in Hawaii are different than all other states. Permits are issued by county and only valid in that county. That county can also make ordinances concerning issuing even making a list of what they call Sensitive Places as Off Limits. Well Honolulu which includes the Island of Oʻahu has passed Bill 57 (Effective May 1, 2023) which lists places that will be off limits to those with a Permit to Carry issued by Honolulu. The Mayor has stated he will sign it. The State is also working on a listing of places it wants off limits to those who carry. You can read Honolulu Bill 57 at:
https://handgunlaw.us/documents/Honolulu_BILL_57.pdf
You can read the State of Hawaii HB 984 that has not passed yet but this bill if passed would apply to all of Hawaii. It has numerous places listed as so called Sensitive Places!
Measure Status
Florida - It looks like Florida may have Permitless Concealed Carry but Not 100% sure yet. You can follow the bill at https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/543
These changes will be added to their respective pages at Handgunlaw.us when they become effective.
SB 10 Text
West Virginia –SB 128 which covers the Emergency Powers of the Governor/State Government became law without the Governors Signature. They can’t stop the carrying/transport of firearms/parts/reloading components etc doing a declared emergency. The law takes effect in about 90 days. SB 128 Text
West Virginia – SB 608 updated the definitions of Deadly weapons by adding that Pepper Spray is not a dangerous weapon when used for defensive purposed for those 16 or older.
SB 608 Text
Ohio – Not Effective until about 4/4/2023, The Governor let SB 185 become law without his signature. This is their Declared Emergency Statute and no government authority in the state can interfere with the sale/carrying etc of firearms doing an emergency. The part covering this is at the bottom of the Bill.
https://handgunlaw.us/documents/sb185_04_PH.pdf
New Mexico - Effective June 16, 2023 HB 9 signed by the Governor will make it a crime if a minor gains access to a firearm that was not securely stored and brandishes the gun or uses the firearm to injure himself or another. You can read the bill at:
https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23 Regular/final/HB0009.pdf
North Carolina – The North Carolina Legislature has overridden a veto by the Governor of SB 41. This bill allows for the carrying of firearms on Church property that has a school. It becomes effective Dec. 1, 2023. There are stipulations that you should read concerning this bill. The Bill also repealed the law on Purchase Permits. They will no longer be required and that part is effective immediately.
https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S41v3.pdf
Hawaii – Things in Hawaii are different than all other states. Permits are issued by county and only valid in that county. That county can also make ordinances concerning issuing even making a list of what they call Sensitive Places as Off Limits. Well Honolulu which includes the Island of Oʻahu has passed Bill 57 (Effective May 1, 2023) which lists places that will be off limits to those with a Permit to Carry issued by Honolulu. The Mayor has stated he will sign it. The State is also working on a listing of places it wants off limits to those who carry. You can read Honolulu Bill 57 at:
https://handgunlaw.us/documents/Honolulu_BILL_57.pdf
You can read the State of Hawaii HB 984 that has not passed yet but this bill if passed would apply to all of Hawaii. It has numerous places listed as so called Sensitive Places!
Measure Status
Florida - It looks like Florida may have Permitless Concealed Carry but Not 100% sure yet. You can follow the bill at https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/543
These changes will be added to their respective pages at Handgunlaw.us when they become effective.
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Fla passed permit less carry.
Effective July1
Effective July1
I’m glad NM hb50 failed. NM would have gone from no magazine capacity limits to 9 rounds. 9 rounds, not 10. How many pistols would have been banned if that happened? Like 80%??? Or something like that. Last time I checked, S&W doesn’t make a 9 round M&P. My GX4 would have been banned as even the 10 round mag would have become an illegal “high” capacity mag. No companies will ever make a 9 rounder, certainly not for a small market like NM.
The last state that tried something like that was NY and their solution for citizens was to not fully load 10 round magazines. That did not pass muster with courts. Several states have 15 round limits for pistol magazines, and that was a pain in the @#( if you had a gun that natively took more than 15 rounds, but relatively few guns are shipping with 10 round magazines in 15 round states now. If magazine limits pass constitutional review by the SCOTUS, States will need to choose existing magazine capacities, not play games with numbers. 9 rounds is meant to push people to buy 5 round AR magazines.I’m glad NM hb50 failed. NM would have gone from no magazine capacity limits to 9 rounds. 9 rounds, not 10. How many pistols would have been banned if that happened? Like 80%??? Or something like that. Last time I checked, S&W doesn’t make a 9 round M&P. My GX4 would have been banned as even the 10 round mag would have become an illegal “high” capacity mag. No companies will ever make a 9 rounder, certainly not for a small market like NM.
Yup. They knew full well that 10 was the industry standard for limited/low capacity magazines and so by making it 9 it would effectively make illegal a majority of firearms, and there was no grandfathered clause. In the bill they also mentioned that you couldn’t be in possession of a magazine that was capable of holding more than 9 (so downloading a larger capacity mag wouldn’t work) and couldn’t be restored to holding more than 9. It had to be a permanent modification to the magazine that could not be restored to its previous state.The last state that tried something like that was NY and their solution for citizens was to not fully load 10 round magazines. That did not pass muster with courts. Several states have 15 round limits for pistol magazines, and that was a pain in the @#( if you had a gun that natively took more than 15 rounds, but relatively few guns are shipping with 10 round magazines in 15 round states now. If magazine limits pass constitutional review by the SCOTUS, States will need to choose existing magazine capacities, not play games with numbers. 9 rounds is meant to push people to buy 5 round AR magazines.
I’m also not sure what that would mean for magazines that originally held under 9 but had magazine capacity extensions added that would put them over 9 rounds. The wording in the bill makes me think that if it could be easily modified to hold more than 9 that those magazines might also become illegal too. I have an original M&P shield with the 7 and 8 round magazines with mag-guts +2 added so now they are 9 and 10. I’m not sure if the 8 rounder would become illegal because it could be modified to 10 so easily or just the mag-gut extension that made it 10 would be illegal.
Colorado (where I used to live) has the 15 round limit but according to the news few police have enforced that rule, mostly because they have a grandfathered clause and no real way to differentiate between pre and post law magazines.
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