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Bill to let young adults carry concealed in cities heads to full House

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Rep. Christy Zito's legislation to let 18-to-21-year-olds carry concealed
guns without a permit within Idaho city limits cleared the House State
Affairs Committee this morning and now heads to the full House; here's a
full report from the Post Register:

*By Nathan Brown*

BOISE — A bill to let 18-to 21-year-olds carry concealed handguns without a
permit in city limits is headed to the House floor.

The House State Affairs Committee voted to advance the bill Tuesday
morning, with all the Republicans plus Rep. Elaine Smith, D-Pocatello, in
favor, and Reps. John Gannon and Brooke Green, both D-Boise, opposed.

Idaho got rid of the need for a concealed carry permit under most
circumstances in 2016. Under current law, adults under 21 can carry
concealed outside of city limits and can carry a firearm openly within a
city, but cannot carry concealed within a city without a permit.

"This bill is for the purpose of simplifying our gun laws," said Rep.
Julianne Young, R-Blackfoot, who is co-sponsoring the bill along with Rep.
Christy Zito, R-Hammett. "It also points us back to the principle that by
giving responsible citizens the ability to defend themselves, we actually
lower gun violence and other deaths we wish to prevent."

Young said crime rates have gone down since Idaho started to allow
permitless carry.

"All this will do is add clarification to the law, eliminate confusion and
extend those rights that they already have to that little bit of real
estate in the state of Idaho within city limits," Zito said.

People aged 18 to 21 can legally possess a handgun in Idaho and can buy one
through a private sale. However, you have to be 21 to buy a handgun from a
federally licensed dealer per federal law, and this bill wouldn't change
that.

Three members of the public testified at the hearing, including Idaho
Second Amendment Alliance head Greg Pruett and his young son. All favored
the change.

*Betsy Z. Russell is the Boise bureau chief and state capitol reporter for
the Idaho Press and Adams Publishing Group. Follow her on Twitter at
@BetsyZRussell.*

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