Guns

Carry permits across state lines

20 public statements from 2026 candidates · 1 related bill

§1The range of views

Why this matters: It decides whether a gun owner who can carry legally at home can also carry while traveling, and whether each state can keep setting its own rules for visitors.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

Whether every state should have to accept concealed-carry permits issued by other states, or each state should decide which permits to accept.

  1. Require every state to accept other states' permits
  2. Let each state decide which permits to accept

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Require every state to accept other states' permits (14)

  • Treg Taylor AK Governor
    His campaign website says he has supported nationwide reciprocity for concealed-carry permits.1
  • Robb Tucker CA-3
    His campaign website says he supports the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act so that law-abiding gun owners keep their right to carry when they cross state lines.2
  • Tom McClintock CA-5
    His campaign website says gun control laws disarm law-abiding citizens rather than criminals, and includes a 2011 House speech supporting H.R. 822, a bill to make states recognize concealed carry permits issued by other states.3
  • Kat Cammack FL-3
    Her campaign website says she cosponsored the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would let anyone with a concealed carry permit carry in any other state that also has a concealed carry law.4
  • Brian Lambert FL-14
    His campaign website says he supports national reciprocity, so that a person's Second Amendment rights do not end at a state line.5
  • Russ Fulcher ID-1
    His campaign website says he has supported legislation to protect concealed carry reciprocity.6
  • Blake Miguez LA-6
    His campaign website says he will pass national concealed carry reciprocity.7
  • Tim Walberg MI-5
    His campaign website says he has cosponsored legislation for concealed carry reciprocity, which it says would make a carry permit valid in other jurisdictions.8
  • Michelle Fischbach MN-7
    The record page lists co-sponsoring the Conceal Carry Reciprocity Act, which it says protects the right to carry concealed and to travel freely between states without conflicting state rules.9
  • Ron Eller MS-2
    His campaign website says concealed carry licenses should be valid in all jurisdictions, in the way a driver's license is.10
  • Richard Hudson NC-9
    His campaign website's Protecting the 2nd Amendment page says he led the House to pass his Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act and continues to fight to expand concealed carry reciprocity so that law-abiding permit holders are not treated as criminals when crossing a state line.11
  • Macey Budke NE-3
    Her campaign website says she supports concealed carry reciprocity so that people carrying lawfully do not risk breaking the law when they travel into another state.12
  • Kevin Hern OK Senate
    His campaign website says he has consistently cosponsored the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act.13,14
  • Darline Graham SC Senate
    Her campaign website says she supports concealed carry reciprocity.15

Let each state decide which permits to accept (3)

  • Scott Wiener CA-11
    His campaign website says he opposes national concealed carry reciprocity, which would require states to honor other states' permits.16
  • Mike Quigley IL-5
    His campaign website says he is a vocal opponent of congressional efforts to impose a national concealed carry mandate.17
  • Lori Loureiro Trahan MA-3
    Her campaign website says she opposes concealed carry reciprocity legislation that would override state laws and require states like Massachusetts to allow concealed carry holders from across the country to carry there.18

Statements that don't match one option (3)

  • Marlin A. Stutzman IN-3
    His campaign website says he authored the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act in Congress.19
  • John Moolenaar MI-2
    His campaign website's Second Amendment page lists the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act among the bills he cosponsored.20
  • Mark Harris NC-8
    His campaign website's Accomplishments page lists the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025 among bills he cosponsored, under a heading on upholding the Second Amendment.21

§3Related bills

Why this matters: Bills from 2023–2026 that bear on this issue, with how Congress handled them.