That’s the term currently in vogue for the permitless carrying of handguns, whether openly or concealed; it’s the concept that the 2nd Amendment is all the permit an American citizen needs to carry his handgun.
New Hampshire has become the 12th State eliminate the need for a State-issued permit for concealed carry; it already had permitless open carry. With the bill signed into law by Governor Chris Sununu, a New Hampshire citizen is allowed
the unlicensed transport or carry of a firearm in a vehicle, or on or about one’s person, whether openly or concealed, loaded or unloaded…if that individual is not otherwise prohibited by statute from possessing a firearm in the state of New Hampshire.
[Aside: it’s too bad Federal laws can’t be this brief and to the point.]
Of course, the Progressive-Democrat gun control persons are up in arms about this. Raymond Buckley, New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman, for instance:
New Hampshire has imminent issues that need the Governor’s attention, but further relaxing the state’s notoriously lax gun laws is not one of them[.]
Never mind that there have been zero school shootings in New Hampshire since 1990. California has had 19 school shooting deaths just since 2010.
DC had at least 32 incidents of gunfire within 500ft of a school, during school hours, in 2011-2012; the District still has one of the tightest gun control régimes, even after Heller. Chicago, also with one of the most restrictive gun control laws in the nation, averaged 82 shootings per week in 2016 through August of that year. And on and on.
“Notoriously lax”—read: Progressive-Democrats can’t impose their rule asserting government control over the matter.