Governor Otter Signs SB 1389, Idaho Becomes Ninth Constitutional Carry State

By Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- Governor C.L Butch Otter reluctantly signed SB 1389, the permitless “Constitutional carry” bill that was passed by the Idaho legislature.

His office sent the transmittal letter(pdf) to the President of the Senate today, the 24th of March, 2016. Idaho becomes the eighth state to restore permitless or “Constitutional” carry. Vermont never restricted concealed carry from those who were not felons or mentally defective.

Governor Otter stated that he signed the bill with some reluctance, because the bill did not have a training requirement for the carry of firearms.

There has never been a legal requirement for training in order to carry firearms, openly or concealed, in 99% of the State of Idaho for the last hundred years.

During that entire period, all state and local government officials could legally carry without a permit, and without any training requirement.

It is hard to understand why Governor Otter signed the bill while simultaneously complaining about it; but he did sign it.

The bill will go into effect on 1 July, 2016. It will not change much. Constitutional carry was already a fact in the vast majority of Idaho for most people.

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