Massie and other Republicans push 'National Constitutional Carry Act' to protect Americans' gun rights

Rep. Thomas Massie and other House Republicans are pushing the "National Constitutional Carry Act" to protect Americans' right to carry firearms in public.

"By prohibiting state or local restrictions on the right to bear arms, H.R. 645 upholds the original purpose of the Second Amendment—to ensure the security of a free state—while safeguarding individual liberties against government infringement," Massie noted, according to a press release. Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.

Specifically, the text of the measure stipulates that "No State or political subdivision of a State may impose a criminal or civil penalty on, or otherwise indirectly limit the carrying of firearms (including by imposing a financial or other barrier to entry) in public by residents or nonresidents of that State who are citizens of the United States and otherwise eligible to possess firearms under State and Federal law."