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Gun control groups cite Zimmerman as reason to block national reciprocity
guns.com ^ | July 31, 2017 | Chris Eger

Posted on 07/31/2017 9:41:12 AM PDT by PROCON

In stumping against increased acceptance of concealed carry permits nationwide, gun control advocates tapped in George Zimmerman’s CWL and a $20 BB gun. (Photo: Everytown)


Moms Demand Action and Everytown for Gun Safety over the weekend began running a meme showing a Florida state concealed weapon license purportedly owned by George Zimmerman layered over a person with a Marksman air pistol shoved haphazardly into the waistband of their jeans.

“Some states have low or no standards for who can carry a concealed weapon in public,” says the text over the ad.

“The NRA’s latest pet policy would make the weakest state gun laws the law of the land, allowing dangerous people to carry concealed guns in every state in the country,” said Moms Demand Action in the post urging lawmakers to decline support for a pair of national concealed carry reciprocity bills.

The measures, the H.R. 38 and S.446, respectively, would expand carry rights nationwide, in effect forcing states and local jurisdictions to respect all valid concealed carry permits, a move the advocates feel is a mistake which would lead to a “race to the bottom” to recognize permits from states with no training requirements and slim vetting.

The groups, backed by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg have retained a big-name Washington, D.C.-based advocacy firm to help with future legislative pushes and has promised to spend as much as $25 million to defeat the push.

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KEYWORDS: banglist; bloomberg; gungrabbers; nationalreciprocity
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Uh, wasn't Zimmerman acquitted?

Shouldn't conceal/carry laws be treated the same as state's drivers licenses which are recognized nationally?

1 posted on 07/31/2017 9:41:13 AM PDT by PROCON
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2 posted on 07/31/2017 9:42:08 AM PDT by PROCON (President Reagan, your worthy successor has arrived to save our beloved America)
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Shouldn't conceal/carry laws be treated the same as state's drivers licenses which are recognized nationally?

Absolutely. I'm told driving is a "privilege", RKBA is a Constitutional right.

3 posted on 07/31/2017 9:50:01 AM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: PROCON

“Some states have low or no standards for who can carry a concealed weapon in public,” says the text over the ad.
Or you can simply follow the United States Constitution “The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”


4 posted on 07/31/2017 9:51:32 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: PROCON

If Zimmerman was not carrying, his name would have just been another in a long list of statistics, you know, kinda like all of those victims in Chicago. Based off the autopsy report on Martin, he also may have already expired from the advanced liver disease discovered.


5 posted on 07/31/2017 9:51:35 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: PROCON
I remember when Florida passed 'shall issue'. Everyone was screaming 'Blood on the streets! O.K. Corral in parking lots!

I rarely travel outside my state (Colorado), but I can see this as a good law.

6 posted on 07/31/2017 9:54:56 AM PDT by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: PROCON

Zimmerman has been thankfully out of Breaking News for the last few months. I still hope he can find a normal routine of anonymity, and get on with his life. In some aspects, his life will never be the same, nor that of his family.
If Megyn really wants some attention, she should interview Zim’s family (his parents and brother) and give us an update. I’d be interested to know how they’ve been surviving, assuming they are still in this country.


7 posted on 07/31/2017 9:56:03 AM PDT by lee martell
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So what will they propose, Trayvon’s Law? Moms demand action? I thought SorASS’ puppets were more creative. How about a name change, like Moms Impugning Legal Firearms, or MILF for short?


8 posted on 07/31/2017 9:56:10 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: PROCON

Thugs Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown are convincing enough reason to HAVE IT. That way as we free and law abiding citizens of this country can travel freely and safely among the 50 states . . . I can’t imagine traveling to Chicago or Baltimore or fill in the blank without my concealed weapon.


9 posted on 07/31/2017 10:01:25 AM PDT by Qwackertoo (Worst 8 years ever, First Affirmative Action President, I hope those who did this to us SUFFER MOST!)
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To: PROCON

To the left, we should ignore a jury verdict and still treat Zimmerman as guilty of murder, yet honor a judge’s ruling, based on nothing but his own opinion, that Trump’s travel ban should be blocked.


10 posted on 07/31/2017 10:02:09 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: PROCON

I was with my elderly Aunt while she was receiving Dialysis treatment.

The Woman next to her who I became friendly with was watching the TV when the Trayvon / Zimmerman story came on.

Being a Liberal, she was aghast that Zimmerman shot poor little Trayvon. She started going on and on about Guns and looked at me waiting for some positive reinforcement.

I said, you know the difference between me and Zimmerman?
I would have unloaded the entire Magazine into that punk Trayvon if he attacked me.

Needless to say she was shocked. She looked at me and said, are you a Republican? I replied in the affirmative, telling her I am also an avid Gun Owner and NRA Member.

Her response was priceless, “but you’re so nice”. LOL


11 posted on 07/31/2017 10:03:53 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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allowing dangerous people to carry concealed guns in every state in the country

Dear Moms Want Action,
Dangerous people already carry concealed guns in every state in the country.

12 posted on 07/31/2017 10:05:23 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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Um... Zimmerman acted in self-defense AND WAS ACQUITTED.

He should be the poster boy for HAVING a gun, which probably saved his life, and surely saved a lot of future victims of “St. Skittles of Trayvon”


13 posted on 07/31/2017 10:07:40 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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To: PROCON

Shoulda posted Ted Kennedy’s drivers license.


14 posted on 07/31/2017 10:09:24 AM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: lee martell

That nutcase (Matthew Apperson) who tried to murder George Zimmerman was sentenced to 20 years (minimum) in prison.


15 posted on 07/31/2017 10:13:16 AM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: PROCON

In the fwiw dept, because Zimmerman was carrying, he is still alive.

5.56mm


16 posted on 07/31/2017 10:16:29 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: PROCON

Legally, yes,
But he’ll always be the ‘White Hispanic” who murdered St Skittles.


17 posted on 07/31/2017 10:21:09 AM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Poor demoncrats haven't been this mad, since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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To: PROCON

Let’s use a picture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as the reason we shouldn’t allow moslems into the US.


18 posted on 07/31/2017 10:24:03 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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I am thinking a counter meme:

Background picture of “Thug Martin” with the caption that reads:

National Reciprocity NOW
“Cause you never know when a doped up thug is going to try and beat your head against the sidewalk.”

or

“Because everyone needs protection from Drank”


19 posted on 07/31/2017 10:29:17 AM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
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>Her response was priceless, “but you’re so nice”. LOL

Only goes to show: You CAN’T teach an old (D)og new tricks


20 posted on 07/31/2017 10:42:13 AM PDT by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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