Trump’s win spurs new push on gun rights

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Trump’s win spurs new push on gun rights
By Reid Wilson - 02/03/17 06:02 AM EST

President Trump’s election has encouraged gun rights advocates to mount a new legislative push in states across the country.

Legislators in more than a dozen states have introduced bills to allow residents to carry guns in the open, roll back licensing requirements for concealed weapons and limit the number of facilities where guns are prohibited. Measures in several states would allow those with licenses to carry firearms in schools, airports and churches.

Those backing more expansive gun rights largely embrace Trump’s claims — many of which are disputed by federal and local law enforcement statistics — that crime is on the rise and cities are plagued by a wave of what the president called in his inaugural address “American carnage.”

Continued: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/317653-trumps-win-spurs-new-push-on-gun-rights