Posted on 10/27/2011 5:03:39 AM PDT by marktwain
Yesterday, H.R. 822, the "National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011," introduced by Representative Cliff Stearns (R-FL), passed a House Judiciary Committee vote, and thus now goes to the House floor. The bill's prospects there look bright, given the fact that even if 27 of its 245 co-sponsors failed to vote for it, that would still leave it with bipartisan majority support.
This, as one might imagine, has put the anti-self-defense lobby in a state of hysterical outrage. The Brady Campaign, for example, has renamed it the "Packing Heat on Your Street Act" (named, perhaps, by the same not very gifted intern who renamed full capacity magazines "assault clips," or the even more ludicrous "Big Bullet-Blasting Boxes"), and has been shrieking (and lying) about it for weeks.
Yesterday, H.R. 822, the "National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011," introduced by Representative Cliff Stearns (R-FL), passed a House Judiciary Committee vote, and thus now goes to the House floor. The bill's prospects there look bright, given the fact that even if 27 of its 245 co-sponsors failed to vote for it, that would still leave it with bipartisan majority support.
This, as one might imagine, has put the anti-self-defense lobby in a state of hysterical outrage. The Brady Campaign, for example, has renamed it the "Packing Heat on Your Street Act" (named, perhaps, by the same not very gifted intern who renamed full capacity magazines "assault clips," or the even more ludicrous "Big Bullet-Blasting Boxes"), and has been shrieking (and lying) about it for weeks. Advertisement
In Brady Campaign Acting President Dennis "What People?" Henigan's latest Huffington Post column, he brings up the "states' rights" (since states have powers, rather than rights, a more accurate term would be "state sovereignty") argument:
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Even if it passes, it will NEVER be brought up for a vote in the Senate, never.
Eh, Handgun Control inc. , may have a point, as much as I do not enjoy saying that, a State should be able to organize their affairs as they see fit.
Then again, the same people who hypocritically advocate for State Sovereignty on this issue, have no problem tossing that overboard when the issue is something they support.
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I think that you will find, on examination, that the people have both rights AND powers (...reserved to the states respectively, or to the people...). The innate powers of the people aren't mentioned much these days, and have been much usurped by all levels of government, but the individual citizen absolutely has legal powers under law (to make arrests, as one example).
Setting aside the constitutional issues raised by ANY branch/level of government in this country restricting the Peoples' right to keep and bear arms, the U.S. Constitution certainly appears to give congress the power to decide various 'licensing' issues between/among the states:
Article IV, Section 1 - Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
Not if it is to deny a right expressly spelled out in the constitution. They no more power to do that than they do to bring back slavery.
If communists have to embrace Christianity in order to advance communism, they’ll do so, and have.
It’s no wonder they selectively support state sovereignty and federalism - the end goal is still the same.
Of course. You can’t expect a horse like that to change it’s stripes. They have one goal, our subjugation.
MD has reciprocity agreements with other states to accept thier drivers licenses, the people of the state of maryland accent to it.
What folks may not realize about this effort is, what the Federal Govt is involved in, they control, a future Admin could make the laws so restrictive that the CCW process becomes unpalatable.
Wereas if there is no federal meddling in this, each state is then open to activism, you fellas are only seeing what you want to see in this effort.
A State should, right up until it starts infringing on our Rights. The Bill of Rights applies to all US Citizens living in US Controlled territory. Regardless of "home rule" cities or State "powers".
Slavery was specifically abolished in the 13th and 14th amendments, your analogy is offbase.
Each state has been free to set it’s own laws about the RTKBA, if one read the article one would see that Boxer or Feinstein already tried a backdoor CA style CCW permitting system imposed by the FedGov, who is to say 10 yrs from now, with this precedent set, that such an effort would not prove successful?
You cannot do so.
By putting this issue under the federal umbrella, do you think further increasing of rights is likely, or less likely?
The Constitutions of the Several States applies to RTKBA..for that state, as the DC v Heller case showed, States may impose reasonable limits on the State, but cannot outright deny the RTKBA.
By expanding the scope of the FedGov one is merely opening the door to yet more restrictions, though I doubt one realizes it.
Can a State regulate freedom of Religion or Free Speech as they please????? The 2nd has been incorporated and is the be enforced aganist State infringement.
I think it's a clusterf*ck of epic proportions cobbled together to try and redress other even f*ckier clusters perpetrated by previous legislators and court Justices.
All we need is for RKBA to once again be regarded as "the Supreme Law of the Land, the laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby" and stupid stunt legislation like this one wouldn't need to be attempted.
As long as this legislation sticks to making Carry licenses akin to marriage/driving licenses... It won't do additional harm. I ain't holding my breathe that the current crop of GOP-ers can get that clean a bill past Dingy Harry's Senate or Zero's veto pen.
BINGO!!! What the government giveth.....the government can taketh away!!! The only "style" of law that I want is constitutional carry like VT/AK gun laws.
“assault clips,”
They should rename to Ignorance Incorporated. Its bad enough ‘hicap magazines’ is still being used...they’re regular capacity. Its the Clinton 10rd mags that should get the nickname.
Actually “slavery” was not abolished. It was merely restricted by legislation. A person can be sentenced to slavery if duly convicted.
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