Just this year, Nebraska became the 27th state to pass a "constitutional carry" bill into law, following in the footsteps of Florida, which passed similar legislation just a few days prior.  

The residents of Florida and Nebraska now join 25 other states where American citizens can freely carry firearms concealed without needing a permit, just as our founding fathers intended when they wrote the Second Amendment into the Constitution.  

Those two States won't be the last to pass permitless carry bills either. There are several different bills at different stages of the legislative process in multiple states nationwide.  

But let's not forget, just a mere 15 years ago -- the Second Amendment was not considered an individual right. If we look further back to the 1980s, there was only one constitutional carry state, Vermont. In addition, very few states would even allow carrying with a permit.  

This is because, before 2008's landmark District of Colombia v. Heller decision, the Second Amendment was considered a collective right that referred to a militia.  

This interpretation allowed for all sorts of constitutional infringements, which is why Dick Heller sued Washington, D.C., over its city-wide ban on handguns.  

We recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Heller decision on June 26th and have Heller to thank for laying the foundation for gun rights to this day.   

Of course, no discussion of present-day gun rights would be complete without mentioning NYSRPA v. Bruen, the landmark case currently providing the legal tools for overturning the most egregious gun control nationwide.  

The Bruen decision has halted some of the worst gun control passed this year. For example, Oregon passed Ballot Measure 114 by an extremely slim margin, with most of the "yes" votes coming from Portland, and the rest of the state voting "no.". The Ballot measure changed gun law in Oregon to require a permit to purchase a firearm and banned large-capacity magazines.