Constitutional Carry States 2024 Ranking. In 2022, four states — alabama, ohio, indiana and georgia — passed constitutional carry or permitless carry laws, making them the 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th. Some states saw their rankings go down, such as florida and nebraska, both of which enacted legislation in 2023 allowing most residents who legally own a firearm to carry it.
We took into account the current gun laws, current legislators’ past. A state with legal permitless or “constitutional” carry — there is only one — earned 9 points, whereas states that both issue permits and allow citizens to carry without one were.