Unfortunate but expected. Like the handful of other standard-cap mag bans, this'll need the Supreme Court to 👀.
Fun historical fact: in 1903 the Vermont Supreme Court struck down the state's carry permit law, making Vermont the only state in the country with permitless carry.
Fun historical fact: in 1903 the Vermont Supreme Court struck down the state's carry permit law, making Vermont the only state in the country with permitless carry.
https://twitter.com/gunpolicy/status/1364001034767581188
Vermont remained the only state with permitless carry for the next 100 years, until Alaska became #2 in 2003. Carry permits had bubbled up here and there since colonial times, but didn't really become a thing until the South's post-Civil War push to disarm former slaves.
By 1903, the South had been locked down on carry permits, and most of the rest of the country was may-issue. Vermont was a glaring exception. So much so that permitless carry was instead called "Vermont carry" for decades. Here's the state of affairs in 1986. 
The first chip out of "Vermont carry" wasn't a step back, it was an expansion. Alaska joined the club in 2003. And within a few years, that opened the floodgates.
Here's where we are in 2021. Last week, Montana became the 18th state to go back to Vermont/permitless/constitutional carry. Tennessee is poised to become #19 this year, and Indiana is poised to become #20.
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