Donald Trump has dedicated much of his policy work toward securing the border and boosting the economy.
But he has announced an additional top focus during his second term in office.
And Donald Trump just proposed one policy that has Second Amendment activists cheering like never before.
Trump’s record on the Second Amendment
President-elect Donald Trump has had somewhat of a rocky relationship with Second Amendment activists.
While he promised to support Americans’ right to bear arms and defend themselves, his record made it clear during his first term that he had bigger fish to deal with.
Trump was considered to be “better than most” when it came to protecting the Second Amendment.
He famously rescinded multiple Obama-era regulations, such as forcing Americans to announce themselves as ineligible to own a firearm on a Social Security form, rather than the prescribed method of the government being forced to prove in court that someone was ineligible.
During the COVID pandemic, Trump fought to label gun stores as “essential businesses” in order to protect them from Democrat-led business shutdowns.
But Trump also betrayed law-abiding gun owners when he banned bump stocks under the same restricted category that banned automatic weapons.
With new vigor and monumental momentum after his landslide electoral victory, though, Trump is indicating full-fledged support for the Second Amendment during his next administration.
And he did so by supporting one of the biggest pro-Second Amendment policies to date.
Trump announces support for concealed carry reciprocity
Trump has remained consistent on his support for concealed carry reciprocity, arguably the biggest pro-Second Amendment proposal made yet.
In a recent video statement, Trump made clear that this belief would play a much greater role in his policymaking during his next term, and that he would elevate concealed carry reciprocity to be a top issue of his administration.
The proposal would allow law-abiding gun-owners with concealed carry permits in their state to carry their firearms in other states as well, even if they’re traveling to a state like Illinois or New York that has strict gun laws.
“I will sign Concealed Carry Reciprocity,” Trump promised in his video message.
“Your Second Amendment does not end at the state line,” he reaffirmed.
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Trump announces full conceal carry reciprocity
— Texas Gun Rights (@TXGunRights) November 10, 2024
This statement echoes his famous 2015 comment in which Trump stated that he believed that “the right of self-defense doesn’t stop at the end of your driveway.”
His video also follows his May 2024 promise that he will be a staunch defender of the right to be able to keep and bear arms.
“In my second term, we will roll back every Biden attack on the Second Amendment – the attacks are fast and furious – starting the minute that Crooked Joe shuffles his way out of the White House,” Trump told the NRA during an event in May.
Trump has been responded with cheer from Second Amendment activists, who hoped he would make the trampling of Constitutional rights, particularly on gun ownership, a much bigger priority.
