Got thoughts about letting 18 year olds conceal carry? KY Legislature doesn’t want to hear them.

By: Teri Carter

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: January 22, 2026

Words: 779

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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On Jan. 21, as President Trump was giving his speech in Davos — confusing Iceland with Greenland during his absurd pitch as to why the U.S. suddenly needs to annex (a verb) Greenland as a matter of national defense — Kentucky lawmakers were in Frankfort annex (a noun) room 149 hearing about why 18 to 20 year-olds need to be granted legal authority to conceal-carry firearms.

House Bill 312 reads, in part, that it will …

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