Would you stay in a state that stopped allowing you to carry

No.

When I look for jobs, not an often occurence, there are states that I don't even consider; Illinois for example.

NO.

Would you stay in a state that stopped allowing you to carry

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yes because I've lived at the same location for close to fifty years, what I would do is withdraw and limit my time off the homestead to brief shopping trips in a small town about 8 miles away.

No. Especially in the socialist leaning states of California, NJ, NY and most of all Washington DC. I just wouldn't feel safe in these places. Not that I would carry all the time, it is just the bad guys KNOW you are unarmed and as I've gotten older and with MS look the part of an easy mark. Bad guys don't a handicap sticker as a free ride and move on to someone else.

Not immediately, but I would look at trying to get out. It's pretty important to me, and while I cannot carry all the time I sort of look at it as a barometer for freedom.

Nope.

I am lucky in that I have a job which allows me to carry anywhere and I live in a pretty gun friendly state, so for me it isn't an issue. But, were I single, and lost that job, I would consider moving.

I will not live in a state that does not allow me to EASILY carry. By easily, I mean does not "infringe" upon my right to bear arms in any way.

Registration = Infringement
Waiting periods = Infringement
No CCW = Infringement

If South Dakota becomes unfriendly to gun ownership, I will uproot my businesses and move. Without my 2nd Amendment rights, I cannot secure the rest of them from infringement, nor keep my family safe. It's a deal breaker.

I would move. Fortunately, I live in Texas and have no desire to move to a non-carry state.

I would move.....however!

Tim....has a point! It would have to be feasible to do so economically speaking!

So therefore, I would start making it feasible, and until the relocation I would join the sheriffs dept!

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It would have to be feasible to do so economically speaking!

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It's always feasible. It comes down to people being unwilling to sacrifice anything to maintain their freedom. They would rather have money than firepower.

I know, because I made the conscious choice. I lived in WA and made a large amount of money. I moved to SD to be free, and I still haven't come close to the income or even ratio of income that I had in WA. Yet I'm completely happy.

You can make choices based on freedom, or money. Pick one that is to come first, because both cannot be your primary concern. If you pick money, you have no right to complain about your choice.

Being 20, I've got a lot of options ahead of me. I have been planning around things I enjoy, and career options as I get closer to graduating. I like shooting, hunting, and Jeeping... AZ, NV, CO, and UT sound like good options. BUT... I've got a lot of friends, and all my family here in NC, as well as a very real and very likely career option. So it's a balance between what I want to do, and what I have to do.

Writerinmo...Most of the states you listed are reasonably firearms friendly.
One at least is open carry if that's your way.
But my home state of Texas is state income tax free.
Lot's of issues to consider before settling.
It's truely hard to fathom at times just how far apart certain states in our nation are on a lot of freedom issues that are at the very heart of our constitution.

Back in the 1980's, when my employer was taken over by another company, I chose to find a new job rather that relocate from los angeles to san francisco. When I retired in 2002, I made a mad dash to get out of California (L.A.) and move to Arizona. Although gun laws were not the reason I picked AZ, going from the top brady rating of 81 to a brady rating of zero, certainly didn't hurt my feelings, especially with all the anti-gun legislation in Kali in the last 10+ years.

It's a primary factor on where I move. I've omitted places from my potential moves that non-gun people would love; Germany, Italy, California, Hawaii, DC...

I would not choose to live in an anti-gun state. If my residence turned anti-gun I would leave at the earliest opportunity.

I am very employable and would be fine anywhere in the nation. I would choose a place that appears least likely to go anti-gun.

I think I would stay only as long as economic factors forced me to. You can't eat 2nd Amendment rights or put a roof over your head with a gun!

Post is rather pointless, IMHO, because states are rather relentlessly endorsing CC. Ohio has had it now for a few years. Wisconsin, one of the last hold-outs, has it now (lots of people would have never predicted that one just a couple years ago).

The crooks and commies running the state of Illinois (aka Chicagoland) may someday allow it but that seems unlikely. That state will split in two before that happens probably.

Biggest risk for loosing ground is in places like NJ, NY, MA where the population is overwhelmingly urban (the good folks of up-state NY are just like the good folks of down-state IL...screwed).

When I graduate college I plan on moving to a more gun friendly state (NY now). Fortunately if I end up going to college for what I am currently thinking of going for, most of the jobs are out west where the gun laws are better anyway. If NY bad better gun laws I might consider staying but I doubt that will change.

Owning/carrying a gun and being able to protect myself and my family is very important to me. How ever I couldn't just up root my wife and kids based only on having a cwp. My wife and I both are settled into good jobs and out kids love their school and their friends.
It would be strange to live here in SC with no gun and no permit. That being said, jobs are hard to come by in todays day and time. With all things considered I believe o would have to stay put here and stick it out in SC.

I do want to get out of here eventually and I will only consider gun freindly states.

I left Maryland for Virginia. The CCW issue was just one of many reasons for the move.

Yea it would be a factor but not at the top of the list. Most of the places that restrict CC laws are places I would not want to live anyway, namely California, New York City, Mass and Il. Taxes, cost of living, weather, and general political climate would all be factors. Anti gun is a product of bad political climate. I cant think of a place with low taxes, great weather, good cost of living, thriving industry, and bad political climate.

This thread is a counter-factual. The trend is toward more permissive carry, not less. Plus, we might well get national reciprocity before too long.

Nope wouldn't stay.

Nope. Even though carry is not my primary concern when looking for a place to live but I would definitely put that on my list of concerns as a deciding factor. If my state ever decided to change then yes I might look at moving as soon as I was able to because I believe a state that impinges upon the most basic of rights is doomed to do more damage. Luckily, I live in a pretty gun friendly state...