SA13-H3594 mandates stiffer criminal penalties for persons who carry handguns into various locations specified by law, regardless of whether they have a concealed weapons permit.  

The Senate passed SA13-H3594 on January 30, 2024, by a vote of 22 to 20. We have assigned pluses to the nays because “gun-free zones” are blatantly unconstitutional and demonstrably unsafe. Every person has an “unalienable” natural right to self-defense, irrespective of their location, which is why the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution expressly declares that “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”    

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