I got my latest issue of Guns & Ammo on Friday. There is an article ranking all the states laws and rating their friendliness to gun possession. Ky is ranked #14. Last year we were ranked #11. The following states outrank us now:
AZ (scored 50 out of 50, the only state that did), AK, KS, OK, MT, UT, ND, GA, TX, MO, TN, FL and WV. The criteria for the rankings were on 4 categories, Right to carry(shall issue vs. may issue vs. constitutional carry. We took a hit here, 8 out of 10), Black Rifle restrictions(10 out of 10), NFA restrictions(10 out of 10), Castle doctrine(10 out of 10), Miscellaneous( general gun friendliness, preemption, reciprocity, gun culture etc. 9 out of 10 for KY).
KY laws haven't gotten any worse, it just that so many other states are passing better, less restrictive gun laws and we aren't. The lack of a constitutional carry law was a big hit, but some other things hurt us, too. All of the states above us have strong airport laws, as well as college campus carry and some of them, K-12 school carry The states that passed us are MO, ND, FL & ND. ND moved from 15 to 7. If we keep this up, we will soon be ranked with Delaware, Rhode Island and Minnesota, unless they pass us up, too.