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Bruen has also imperiled concealed carry laws, assault weapons bans, and a host of other gun restrictions.

Within days, the sheriff in Minnesota’s most populous county, home to Minneapolis, opened concealed carry permit applications to 18-year-olds.

“There you have it, President Trump, Speaker Johnson and Majority Leader Thune are all lined up to pass the GOA-backed concealed carry reciprocity act into law,” a Gun Owners of America lobbyist, Ben Sanderson, said on the organization’s YouTube channel earlier this year.

While the current Republican leaders have all been outspoken advocates for the shift in, the Senate Democrats who have supported the loosening of concealed carry laws in the past have all left office.

In the 2013 push for concealed carry reciprocity, the bill failed 57 to 43 in the Senate, with 44 Republicans and 13 Democrats voting in favor of the legislation.