BRING IT ON: Ohio Republicans Introduce Constitutional Carry Bill.

Until a few years ago, the only state with “constitutional carry” was (by virtue of a quirk of history) Vermont. Since 2007, though, the idea has caught on, with Wyoming, Alaska, Arizona, and Arkansas all abolishing their mandatory permitting systems. . . .

After a shameful period in the twentieth century in which the right to keep and bear arms was eroded nationwide, the Second Amendment has recently undergone something of a restoration. All 50 states now have some form of concealed carry regime — a development that would have been unthinkable twenty years ago — and some have gone even further, removing the permitting process completely. If Ohio were to join the five states that have taken the latter step, it would perhaps mark the idea’s transformation from fringe arrangement to mainstream option.