He will always fight to protect our right to keep and bear arms, believes in the fundamental right of Constitutional carry, and rejects any attempt to impose red flags on those exercising their Second Amendment rights.
Protect the right to keep and bear arms, support constitutional carry, and oppose red-flag laws.
Occurrences
Evidence
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H.R. 645 is titled the National Constitutional Carry Act. GovInfo identifies it as introduced in the House on January 23, 2025, with Pat Harrigan listed among the sponsors. The bill text in Congress.gov says it would enforce the rights protected by the Second and Fourteenth Amendments against the states.
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The bill history shows H.R. 645 was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary and later accrued additional cosponsors in 2025 and 2026, including Harrigan as a sponsor in the Congressional Record index.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 8332, introduced April 16, 2026, with Pat Harrigan as sponsor. The action states the bill was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and additionally to the Committees on Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs. The full title is 'To provide concealed carry privileges to qualified special operators.'
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The press release says Harrigan introduced the Special Operations Forces Concealed Carry Act to extend federal concealed carry authority to certain special operators and says the bill 'does not create new rights or weaken any safeguard' but instead extends an existing framework. It also says the bill covers qualified special operators and directs DOJ, DoD, and VA actions if enacted.
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Harrigan's office states he is working to extend federal concealed-carry authority to elite military personnel and repeats that the proposal does not add new rights or weaken firearm safeguards. It describes the bill as extending concealed carry authority to qualified special operators.
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Jul 14, 2026, 05:32 PM | 119th Congress, 2nd Session Vote Question: On Passage Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act Status: Passed Harrigan | Harrigan | Republican | NC | Yea
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Last Action Date Listed July 15, 2026 Action Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Full Title An Act To prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from general-merchandise retailer or sporting-goods retailer, and for other purposes.
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May 21, 2026, 06:12 PM | 119th Congress, 2nd Session Vote Question: On Passage Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act Status: Passed Harrigan | Harrigan | Republican | NC | Yea
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Last Action Date Listed June 2, 2026 Action Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs Bill Version Referred in Senate (RFS)
Assessments
The promise was to protect gun rights, support constitutional carry, and oppose red-flag laws. The evidence shows Harrigan took concrete pro-gun legislative action in office, including sponsoring or backing the National Constitutional Carry Act and introducing the Special Operations Forces Concealed Carry Act. However, the cited measures were introduced and referred to committee, not enacted, and the record provided does not show a completed federal policy change on constitutional carry or successful blocking/repeal of red-flag laws attributable to him. Under the rubric, a serious legislative attempt that did not achieve the promised outcome is scored as never with effort credit.