Posted on 11/14/2016 8:36:56 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
Donald Trump has made a lot of campaign promises — and one of those promises involves guns.
Trump certainly toes the Republican Party line in supporting the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms.
On his campaign website, the president-elect says he wants to defend the rights of "law-abiding gun owners" by eliminating gun and magazine bans, fixing the background check system instead of expanding it and instituting a national right to carry.
The 2016 Republican Party platform calls for "firearm reciprocity legislation to recognize the right of law-abiding Americans to carry firearms to protect themselves and their families in all 50 states."
Trump's support of a national right to carry has some gun control advocates concerned. Currently, each state sets its own rules on whether a concealed-carry permit from another state is valid within its borders.
On his campaign website, the president-elect says he wants to defend the rights of "law-abiding gun owners" by eliminating gun and magazine bans, fixing the background check system instead of expanding it and instituting a national right to carry.
SEE MORE: How Many Guns Slip Through Background Check Loopholes?
The 2016 Republican Party platform calls for "firearm reciprocity legislation to recognize the right of law-abiding Americans to carry firearms to protect themselves and their families in all 50 states."
Trump's support of a national right to carry has some gun control advocates concerned.
(Excerpt) Read more at aol.com ...
The reality is that enabling federal legislation is often necessary. It serves as notice to law enforcement and lower courts.
Best bumper sticker ever!!!
More democrats = less freedom.
That is why I’ll vote for an anti-gun repubbie instead of a pro-gun dim.
It is the dim majority that takes away 2A rights. I wont add to a dim majority.
CA and and a handful of other states have dim majorities and our only relief is thru the feds and SCOTUS.
I think it’s fine we can only buy guns in our state of residence. I mean, we can only buy books, read the news, attend church or give speeches in our home state, right?
What do itinerant people do?
Nowhere in the second amendment are gun rights restricted to the law-abiding. He who should not be trusted to be armed should not be free.
And here in New Jersey if I purchase or carry a weapon without government permission, I am no longer a law-abiding citizen. What do they find confusing about "shall not be infringed"?
Without it the others are unenforceable.
I agree.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.