They're trying to pass a bill that would eliminate the need for a concealed weapons license. The "constitutional carry" bill was introduced because a jackass former legislator that is ineligible for a concealed weapons license because of a felony conviction for attempted rape wants to still carry concealed.
You are
COMPLETELY misinformed. Under HB89, anyone one who is currently ineligible to receive a CC permit, would still be ineligible to carry a concealed weapon. Moreover, convicted felons (such as the person in the case you cite) aren't allowed to possess weapons period. Permits are a completely moot point in such cases. You are just looking for an excuse to complain about expanded gun rights.
For those here who are truly interested, in Idaho we currently have a sort of hybrid system for concealed carry permits. Outside of any city limits, no permit is required to carry concealed on your person. The exception is for weapons inside your vehicle. They have to be in plain sight, or you need a CC permit. Of course a lot of rural people here carry and or leave weapons in their rigs. For example, I like to leave a scoped AR15 behind the seat of my truck for wolves, varmits, etc.
The problem is that many sheriff's departments are using concealed carry permits as a sort of mini cash cow. Under state law, they can tack on administrative fees for issuing CC permits. As such, prices keep getting higher and higher, and its more of a pain in the butt to get one each time.
The simple solution is just to eliminate the need for a permit all together, especially for vehicles in rural areas, but counties don't want to give up the revenue. They are essentially shaking gun owners down for money for the right to leave a gun in your vehicle, out of plain sight.
There has been zero transparency in our legislature with HB89 because none of them want to be seen as anti-gun, but they also want to keep the Sheriff's association happy. Dumb move, IMO, but it looks like we're going to continue to get screwed.
Those opposed keep claiming reciprocity could be endangered, which is absolute horse manure. Oregon is never going to give us reciprocity anyway. We don't need it in Wyoming. There is no way Montana or Utah are going to take reciprocity away, and it's unlikely Nevada would either. We've never traditionally had it in Washington state, and most people would rather give up reciprocity with WA, in exchange for true "constitutional carry" here at home anyway.
The NRA won't get behind HB 89 because they have some ongoing turf war with the organization that introduced it. Its a mess.
