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I am deeply concerned about *any* bill that seeks to force reciprocity, for several strong reasons:
1) It gives the federal government more power over the states. In “exchange” for forced reciprocity for guns, we will very soon have to consider forced reciprocity for many other issues, such as gay marriage.
2) Forced reciprocity will likely be “enforced” by the rules of the BATF&E. There is such a vast number of different gun laws in the US, that they will demand to horn in, of course, adding a surfeit of their own rules as well, to ridiculous extremes.
3) Washington, D.C. is a great example of how a municipality can create and maintain a blockade on gun liberty that can last a decade or more. When one unconstitutional gun law is overturned, they immediately pass another unconstitutional gun law, correctly figuring that it will be delayed for many years while working its way through the courts. Imagine how awful this would be if done at the state level.
Just for sh!ts and giggles (doesn’t hurt that they would also be wasting time instead stealing more of our Rights, Freedom and $$), I’d love to see how many pages of lawyer speak it would take to ‘clarity’ the 27 words of the 2nd Amendment.
Course, this is the same D.C. that fought Arizona in enforcing immigration Laws while they allow California to declare ‘sanctuary’-cities and creating Law from thin air that gives illegal aliens Citizen status....
Yeah, time to restore the swamp, per the EPA of course
NRA Backs Constitutional Concealed Carry Bill in U.S. Senate
Bill Would Require States to Honor Other States’ Concealed Carry Permits
Fairfax, Va. – On behalf of its five-million members, the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) announced its support for The Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015, which was introduced today by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (TX). The legislation would respect the rights of individuals who possess concealed carry permits from their home state or who are not prohibited from carrying concealed in their home state to exercise those rights in any other state that does not prohibit concealed carry.
It seems to be ok for gay marriage, and that ain’t even in the Constitution!
What we don't need is people having to register for permits to carry.
Laudable, but I’m not a fan of giving the Federal government the authority to say so or not.
See, the funny thing about the Second Amendment is it doesn’t really need clarification, and it never needed incorporation. It isn’t directed at Congress only, it’s a blanket statement that covers anything that could infringe.
How much of that cake is left?