This is part of a larger trend. See the maps here of the changes in permitted carry since the 80s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry https://e

This is part of a larger trend. See the maps here of the changes in permitted carry since the 80s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry This GIF in particular makes that point clearly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry#/media/File:Right_to_Carry,_timeline.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry#/media/Fi... And if anything it has accelerated around the Covid pandemic: https://biostats.ucdavis.edu/health-news/newsroom/us-saw-surge-in-firearm-purchases-and-violence-during-first-months-of-covid-19-pandemic/2021/07 https://biostats.ucdavis.edu/health-news/newsroom/us-saw-sur... As the politics in this country have curved in a liberal direction, I'm quite surprised that gun control issues seem to have moved the other way. What can explain that?