WONDERFUL idea. NEVER pass the Senate.
Still, call your senator......
The only authority Congress has in this matter is to permit or forbid CCW within the District of Columbia.
I travel to DC frequently, and I really, REALLY would like to exercise the right there, where it is much more likely to be needed.
CCW in a State implicates the police power, of which Congress has - none.
“Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.V.)”
Don’t trust marx-o-crats. What else is going to end up in that bill?
Senators Thune and Vitter Introduce Reciprocity Bill with more than 25 Cosponsors
The Thune-Vitter bill provides national recognition for concealed carry permit holders (who have obtained one from their home states), but it also recognizes the right to carry for residents of Constitutional Carry states (where no permit is required).
This is a huge win for gun owners! Constitutional Carry is currently the law in five states, and more than a dozen states have legislation to move in that direction.
A competing bill, S. 2188, offers reciprocity ONLY for permit holders -- and thus it would prevent many gun owners, who can legally carry in their home states, from carrying firearms when they travel out-of-state. This compromise bill, sponsored by anti-gun Senate Democrats Mark Begich (AK), Joe Manchin (WV) and Max Baucus (MT), would deal a severe blow to the momentum we have in passing Constitutional Carry at the state level.
It is crucial that Senators support the Constitutional Carry-friendly bill, and to oppose any efforts to weaken the Thune-Vitter legislation.
ACTION: Contact your Senators right away. Thank those who have sponsored S. 2213. If your Senators have not yet cosponsored, please urge them to do so … and to stay off of the Begich-Manchin bill.
(From http://capwiz.com/gunowners/issues/alert/?alertid=61113201.)
I am beginning to think that the NRA is trying to kill Constitutional Carry.
Mine won’t support it. I live in NY. So, yeah