Everytown for Gun Safety is at it again, peddling fearmongering distortions about national concealed carry reciprocity legislation, and this time they’re getting called out hard. Their latest barrage claims that a federal reciprocity bill—allowing permit holders to carry across state lines like a driver’s license—would unleash chaos, skyrocket crime, and turn every road trip into a Wild West showdown. But as the source text lays bare, these assertions crumble under scrutiny: Everytown cherry-picks outlier data from high-crime urban pockets, ignores decades of evidence from states with robust reciprocity like Florida and Texas (where violent crime rates have plummeted post-reciprocity), and conveniently forgets that reciprocity already thrives in 40+ states without the apocalyptic fallout they predict. It’s the same playbook they’ve run on everything from standard-capacity magazines to suppressors—amplify hypotheticals, suppress facts.
Digging deeper, this isn’t just sloppy analysis; it’s a calculated sabotage of Second Amendment progress. National reciprocity has bipartisan roots, echoing the 1986 Firearm Owners’ Protection Act’s interstate transport provisions, yet Everytown frames it as a radical overreach, stoking urban-rural divides to rally their donor base. The irony? Their own cited studies often rely on discredited researchers like those behind the Johns Hopkins anti-gun echo chamber, while real-world metrics from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports show permit holders committing crimes at rates lower than police officers. For the 2A community, this exposé is gold: it spotlights how groups like Everytown erode trust in institutions by prioritizing narrative over data, much like their failed assaults on shall-issue carry post-Heller.
The implications are seismic. With reciprocity bills gaining traction in Congress amid rising interstate travel and self-defense concerns (hello, post-2020 crime spikes), Everytown’s lies could delay life-saving reforms for millions of law-abiding carriers. 2A advocates should weaponize this—flood socials with side-by-side crime stats, tag key lawmakers, and demand Everytown debate on neutral ground. Victory here doesn’t just debunk one myth; it chips away at the gun-control machine’s credibility, paving the way for constitutional carry nationwide. Stay vigilant, patriots—truth is our best holster.
