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Posted on 04/12/2011 5:28:07 PM PDT by neverdem
| Urge Your Representative To Cosponsor H.R. 822, The National Right to Carry Reciprocity Act Of 2011 |
| Friday, April 08, 2011 |
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Congressmen Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) have introduced vital legislation that will enable millions of permit holders to exercise their right to self-defense while traveling outside their home states. There are now only two states that have no clear legal way for individuals to carry concealed firearms for self-defense. Thirty-nine states have shall-issue permit systems that make it possible for any law-abiding person to obtain a permit, while most of the others have discretionary permit systems. H.R. 822 would make a major step forward for gun owners’ rights by significantly expanding where those permits are recognized. Dozens of states have passed carry laws over the past 25 years because the right to self-defense does not end when one leaves home. However, interstate recognition of those permits is not uniform and creates great confusion and potential problems for the traveler. While many states have broad reciprocity, others have very restrictive reciprocity laws. Still others deny recognition completely. H.R. 822 would solve this problem by requiring that lawfully issued carry permits be recognized, while protecting the ability of the various states to determine the areas where carrying is prohibited. The bill would not create a federal licensing system; rather, it would require the states to recognize each others' carry permits, just as they recognize drivers' licenses and carry permits held by armored car guards. Rep. Stearns has introduced similar legislation since 1995. In the few weeks since its introduction, H.R. 822 has added over 120 cosponsors. Click here to see if your Congressman is a cosponsor. However, more support is needed to make this bill a higher priority. If your Congressman is not yet a cosponsor, respectfully urge him or her to support the fundamental right to self-defense by becoming a cosponsor of H.R. 822. If your Representative is already a cosponsor, please offer your thanks for his or her support. And remember to watch this alert for updates! |
This is a very, very bad idea. You don’t want the federal government involved in what should be a states’ rights situation. It is working out quite nicely as the states interact to allow reciprocity. Sure, some states (such as Maryland) don’t do business with any other state. But who wants to go to or through Maryland?
Remember, what Uncle Sam grants, he can take away! Remember that.
No, No, No, No, NO!
This is a lousy, rotten, crummy idea. If you think the reciprocity situation stinks now, just wait until Washington gets it’s claws into it. It also sets a rotten precedent in having the Federal government regulate the manner in which arms may be carried, traditionally more of a state prerogative.
I’ll take the current system, thank you very much.
at least mine is one of them...
This WILL turn into a registration program... mark my words! The Feds have been looking for a way to control the movement of personal weapons for many years... and that is why this legislation "pops" up every single cycle, DO NOT BE FOOLED as to their intentions and end game!
You do not want the Feds "regulating" what is a Natural Right, play with fire and you are gonna get burned.
Remember THIS: Even what Uncle Sam doesn't grant he can STILL take away. Barbara Boxer has already introduced a bill in the US Senate to ban ccw in all the states under any and all circumstances except those decreed by the Dems. Federal law trumps state law. Leave aside the 10th Amendment for awhile since I doubt that the USSC will revisit that issue in a lawsuit challenging that law -- too many other cases of settled and established law would be affected. If there is already a federal law on the books in the other direction, that has to be repealed FIRST before the Boxer legislation can move forward. That is established law as well. Of course there is very little chance either will actually become law. But if the next President is pro-gun and we can pull a progun majority in the Congress, then we've got a shot at establishing new precedent that will last through an assault from any future antigun situations.
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