[editor-surveyor]

"The handgun permit was intended to eliminate problems in going from one jurisdiction to another since the local rules varied considerably.

Could eliminating the permit system make it more difficult to travel to other states, some of which require that you have a permit from your home state?

[RightWhale]

There were only 10,000 or so permits granted. The presence of the permit system affects general attitudes more than actual individual cases. The number of travellers to Outside destinations is in the millions each year, so permits are not significant to that industry. Alaskans travel, some of the most traveled people there are.