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Trump to Support Nationwide Concealed Carry
PJ Media ^ | November 11, 2016 | Michael Walsh

Posted on 11/12/2016 3:09:53 AM PST by BradtotheBone

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump -- who said he has a concealed carry permit -- called for the expansion of gun rights Friday, including making those permits applicable nationwide. In a position paper published on his website Friday afternoon, Trump called for the elimination of gun and magazine bans, labeling them a "total failure."

"Law-abiding people should be allowed to own the firearm of their choice. The government has no business dictating what types of firearms good, honest people are allowed to own," Trump wrote.

It's not a departure from what he's said on the trail this year, though it does mark a shift from a position he took in his 2000 book "The America We Deserve," where Trump stated that he generally opposes gun control but that he supported a ban on assault weapons and a longer waiting period to get a gun.

"Opponents of gun rights try to come up with scary sounding phrases like 'assault weapons', 'military-style weapons' and 'high capacity magazines' to confuse people," Trump wrote Friday. "What they’re really talking about are popular semi-automatic rifles and standard magazines that are owned by tens of millions of Americans."

(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: 2ndammendment; banglist; concealedcarry; guncontrol; guns; trump; trumpagenda; trumpbanglist; trumptransition
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To: BradtotheBone
Happening in newsrooms across the country


181 posted on 11/12/2016 2:45:20 PM PST by doug from upland (Many of us knew Clinton was a rapist 24 years ago)
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters
“If we can do that for driving — which is a privilege, not a right — then surely we can do that for concealed carry, which is a right, not a privilege,” Trump said.

#draintheswamp

182 posted on 11/12/2016 2:45:55 PM PST by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: BradtotheBone

When did Trump have time to write this approval on Friday?


183 posted on 11/12/2016 3:14:35 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (If only Hillary had married OJ instead......Today the election, tomorrow a conviction)
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To: lonevoice

Rock on, Mister Trump, rock on.


184 posted on 11/12/2016 3:36:20 PM PST by Pride in the USA
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To: nikos1121

>>I’m going to Chicago next month. My concealed permit does not allow me to bring my weapon with me. Chicago, the one place you need it.<<

HOW MANY YEARS HAS IT BEEN SINCE A COP HAS FRISKED YOU?

20? Carry it anyway. I have carried for 52 years without any permission from elected officials and never have I worried about it. I am not the sort of man that cops take note of. No tattoos. No chains or chrome attached to my clothes.


185 posted on 11/12/2016 4:13:38 PM PST by B4Ranch (Conservatives own 200,000,000 guns and a trillion rounds of ammo. If we were violent you'd know it.)
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To: BradtotheBone
This is brilliant for two reasons. 1) It reestablishes the 2nd amendment as a fundamental American right. 2) It improves overall saftey (i.e. reduces crime) and 3) It puts criminal illegals on notice perhaps reducing illegal crossings.


186 posted on 11/12/2016 5:59:23 PM PST by DeltaZulu
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To: njscotty
As President, will Trump still be allowed to carry his own firearm? Anyone know if there is a regulation on this?

He's the president, so there is no regulation, but there is precedent. President Reagan carried a revolver most of the time while in office.

187 posted on 11/12/2016 7:02:35 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: BradtotheBone

Missouri has had the right to own a gun, and transport a gun without a permit for a long time. However, concealed carry required a permit. This year the Republicans passed a right to concealed carry without a permit.

So other than the Federal Background check, we don’t have much hassle getting a gun, but this would be nice, for those that travel to and from other states.


188 posted on 11/12/2016 7:51:45 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: BradtotheBone

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!~!!!! I do anyway!!!!!


189 posted on 11/12/2016 7:57:32 PM PST by WENDLE
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To: BradtotheBone

You communist bastards ARE FINISHED!! WE WON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


190 posted on 11/12/2016 7:58:43 PM PST by WENDLE
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To: BradtotheBone

I require even more WINNING please.

Many in liberal bubbles don’t understand how safe you feel in areas with VERY LOUD concealed carry. You have to assume everyone is armed, and this makes everyone nice and polite.

However, the issue is people who visit the states with concealed carry: they don’t understand the SILENT MAJORITY who carry. They think they’re back in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, etc. They come here to raise hell expecting no one will fight back.

Nationwide Right to Concealed Carry will probably put a dent in that over time.


191 posted on 11/12/2016 8:01:41 PM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: papertyger

Get noise suppressing headphones made for shooting. Paint them pink and put Hello Kitty stickers on them.

Young ears are sensitive to loud noises and I don’t want your daughter to develop tinnitus. Just because you have a suppressor doesn’t mean everyone else at the range will have one.

Also, just shooting a target isn’t very fun or engaging. Trap is a great way to encourage healthy competitive behavior, hand eye coordination, etc.


192 posted on 11/12/2016 8:08:12 PM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: BradtotheBone
Oh man I love this guy even more.

193 posted on 11/12/2016 8:13:08 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: BradtotheBone

With both houses of congress, he should be able to push this through, and quickly!


194 posted on 11/12/2016 8:57:46 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Helicondelta

this is what common sense people have been saying for years.

we now have a president that says it.


195 posted on 11/13/2016 1:19:16 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: PROCON

Ping.


196 posted on 11/13/2016 1:40:05 AM PST by TADSLOS (God Bless President-Elect Trump! God Bless the United States of America!)
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To: New Jersey Realist

I love the idea of forcing them to recognize my carry permit against their will.


197 posted on 11/13/2016 1:58:14 AM PST by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: papertyger

That’s frightening!


198 posted on 11/13/2016 6:13:17 AM PST by vortec94
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To: njscotty

Send that suggestion to the greatagain website; IIRC they have a ‘submit ideas’ section.


199 posted on 11/13/2016 7:23:51 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: DoodleDawg

I have always been somewhat confused about this. I think states rights should be strong, so states can be different and people can vote with their feet. But if a state denies residents their 2nd amendment rights, does that not become a constitutional issue? It’s not reserved to the states, it is protected in the 2nd amendment.


200 posted on 11/13/2016 7:46:52 AM PST by Old_Grouch (69 and AARP-free. Monthly FR contributor.)
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