President Donald Trump told NRA President Bill Bachenberg. supporters at a Pennsylvania event Tuesday that his administration is "working on" national right-to-carry legislation after asking the crowd whether they supported the proposal.
PresidentDonald Trumpsaid Tuesday that his administration is "working on" national right-to-carry legislation. a comment that could signal White House support for a proposal that would dramatically expand firearm carry rights across the U.S.
While speaking at the Mack Trucks facility in Macungie. Pennsylvania, Trump recognized National Rifle Association (NRA) President Bill Bachenberg in the crowd, saying the organization has endorsed him since the beginning becausehe "saved the Second Amendment."
Trump then asked attendees whether they supported national right-to-carry legislation before adding, "Yeah, we're working on it."
Fox News Digital has reached out to the NRA and the White House for comment.
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President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Mack Trucks facility in Macungie, Pa., as workers. supporters look on Tuesday.(Getty Images)
Trump's comments come more than three months after Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, introduced the National Constitutional Carry Act, legislation that would eliminate concealed-carry permit requirements nationwide for eligible Americans.
"The Founders established a national right to keep. bear arms, not to ask for permission from hostile local officials or risk imprisonment for crossing the wrong state line," Lee said in a statement to Fox News Digital in March.
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An armed member of Cowboys for Trump leads horse-mounted supporters through downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico.(Robert Alexander/Getty Images, File)
"Many states already protect the right to carry without a permit,. it's time to reaffirm this right for all law-abiding Americans," he continued. "The National Constitutional Carry Act will establish nationwide permitless carry to keep America safe and her people free."
Currently, 29 states allow some form of constitutional carry, meaning residents cancarry a concealed firearm withouta permit.
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A supporter wearing a Trump shirt carries a holstered handgun and an American flag during a pro-gun rights demonstration.(Mark Felix/AFP)
Lee's legislation would allow eligible Americans who can legally possess firearms to carryconcealed weapons nationwide without obtaininga permit. The bill would also prohibit states. local governments from imposing licensing requirements, fees or criminal penalties on otherwise lawful public carry while preserving restrictions in certain secured locations and on private property where firearms are prohibited.
The legislation would also ensure. individuals who are prohibited from possessing firearms under federal law would remain barred from carrying them.
The bill was previouslyintroduced by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.,in the House in 2024, but did not become law.
Fox News Digital’s Alex Miller contributed to this report.
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