Several members of Congress have introduced a bill that would allow current and former members of the US military’s special forces to carry concealed weapons nationwide, despite any other laws to the contrary. I’ve seen stories about this bill in a few places over the past few weeks, and I just can’t support it. The idea that we are going to pass a Federal law that grants some sort of “super citizen” status to certain people, who then have rights not available to the rest of us?
No.
I would note that all three of the congressmen who sponsored this bill are former special forces. It’s typical self serving crap that politicians vote to give themselves more rights than the rest of us. The same thing happened with LEOSA. The entire premise behind that travesty of a law was cops might run into some criminal they arrested and need to defend themselves, as if some cop from Bumfukt, Iowa has a higher chance of running into a criminal while spending the day at Disneyland in California than I would is simply ridiculous, and there is no evidence that it actually happens.
The same for special forces soldiers. They don’t need such a permit while carrying out their duties, because they are on duty. For former soldiers, there is no need for them to have more rights than the rest of us. Don’t give me the line that this will be used as a stepping stone for more bills later- as soon as cops got their special LEOSA rights, they promptly turned around and lobbied against our right to carry. I’m not falling for that one again.
If these Republicans want to expand carry rights: do it for everyone, not just yourselves and your friends.
7 Comments
Henry · May 7, 2026 at 9:48 am
Orwell was right: some are “more equal” than others. It should be unthinkable that any group or class of Americans is entitled to more rights than the rest of us, whether it’s Congress exempting themselves from mandates or LEOs given preferential treatment or exemptions from gun laws.
ghostsiper · May 7, 2026 at 11:34 am
“Right now, concealed carry laws differ significantly from state to state, and that creates a real problem for veterans and active-duty service members who live, travel, or relocate across the country. A permit that’s valid in one state can be meaningless the moment you cross a state line….that patchwork of laws can expose them to criminal liability simply for trying to protect themselves and their families,” Kranich said.
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I’m an army veteran and that criminal liability is mine to bear too, so get rid of the laws that create that liability. If the “liability” laws are automatically making people criminals, these politicians should be correcting that flaw, rather than making exceptions for themselves. Arrogant self serving assholes, as usual. Fuk ALL politicians.
JoshO · May 10, 2026 at 4:01 pm
100%
YourAverageJoe · May 7, 2026 at 1:21 pm
Thanks for letting us know about this bill
I’ve heard nothing of this anywhere else but here on your site.
lynn · May 7, 2026 at 2:32 pm
One can only hope that the Guns For All case currently before SCOTUS will result in at least a 6-3 split for the positive. “Assistant Attorney General Predicts Supreme Court Will Soon Make AR-15s Legal Everywhere: ‘We Intend to Make Sure They Do That'”
https://people.com/top-doj-official-predicts-scotus-makes-ar15-legal-everywhere-11968084
Don Curton · May 8, 2026 at 6:49 am
Completely agree. The idea that law enforcement can carry while off-duty and I couldn’t (back prior to the mid-90s) was completely repellant to me. And the fact that law enforcement stood against concealed carry for so long also rankled. If ex-military need a special law for nationwide carry, then everyone of us should benefit.
Birdog357 · May 8, 2026 at 11:26 am
It’s unconstitutional on it’s face. And I’m not talking about the 2nd amendment either. It’s a title of nobility. And that’s banned in the body of the document.