Protect the right to keep and bear arms, support constitutional carry, and oppose red-flag laws.

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.

Promises to defend gun rights, support constitutional carry, and oppose red-flag laws.

Pat on the Issues | Pat Harrigan for Congress
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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.

Harrigan took a concrete legislative step aligned with constitutional carry by sponsoring a national constitutional carry bill, but the record shows only introduction and referral, not enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 645 (IH) - National Constitutional Carry Act - GovInfo
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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.

This confirms the measure remained at the committee/introduction stage during the lookback and did not advance to passage, so the promise was not fully delivered through legislation.

never same_term A for effort

H.R. 645 - National Constitutional Carry Act - Congress.gov
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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.'

In the lookback window, Harrigan pursued a firearms-access bill that supports the broader pro-carry promise, showing continued active effort rather than abandonment.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 8332 (IH) - Special Operations Forces Concealed Carry Act - Related Documents - GovInfo
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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.

This is a clear, concrete affirmative step in the same policy area as the claim, but it is still only an introduction, so it does not prove the broader pledge was delivered.

partial same_term A for effort

Congressman Pat Harrigan Introduces the Special Operations Forces Concealed Carry Act to Extend Concealed Carry Rights to Elite Military Veterans
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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.

This reinforces that Harrigan was actively advancing pro-carry legislation during the lookback window, but it still reflects proposed legislation rather than completed policy delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

Daily Signal: GOP Veteran Harrigan to Deliver Concealed-Carry Rights to Special Forces
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